Cartas de Inglaterra by Eça de Queirós
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"Cartas de Inglaterra" by Eça de Queirós is a collection of journalism written between 1874 and 1888. These "Letters from England" offer sharp observations of British society, culture, and imperial affairs during the author's years in the Portuguese consular service. Writing for a Lisbon newspaper, Queirós examines topics from Christmas traditions and children's literature to Britain's conflicts in Afghanistan, Ireland, and Egypt. His cosmopolitan yet critical perspective reveals a fascination with English
life tempered by profound skepticism toward British society and empire. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Queirós, Eça de, 1845-1900 |
|---|---|
| Title | Cartas de Inglaterra |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartas_de_Inglaterra Wikipedia page about this book: pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartas_de_Inglaterra |
| Credits |
Produced by Pedro Saborano (produced from scanned images of public domain material from Google Book Search) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 35.5 (College-level). Difficult to read. |
| Language | Portuguese |
| LoC Class | DA: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Great Britain, Ireland, Central Europe |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 19th century |
| Subject | Great Britain -- History -- Victoria, 1837-1901 |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 25641 |
| Release Date | May 29, 2008 |
| Last Update | Jan 3, 2021 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 520 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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