Project Gutenberg 2005-07-06 Public domain in the USA. 234 Queirós, Eça de 1845 1900 Queiroz, José Maria Eça de Queiroz, Eca de Queiros, Jose Maria Eca de Queiroz, Eça de Queiroz, Jose Maria Eca de Queirós, José Maria Eça de Eça de Queirós, José María Ortigão, Ramalho 1836 1915 Ortigao, Jose Duarte Ramalho Ortigão, José Duarte Ramalho Duarte Ramalho Ortigão, José Ramalho Ortigão, José Duarte Ortigão, R. (Ramalho) As Farpas: Chronica Mensal da Politica, das Letras e dos Costumes (1877-01/02) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/As_Farpas Wikipedia page about this book: https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/As_Farpas Produced by Biblioteca Nacional de Lisboa, Portugal, Cláudia Ribeiro, Larry Bergey and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "As Farpas: Chronica Mensal da Politica, das Letras e dos Costumes" by Ramalho Ortigão and Eça de Queiroz is a periodical written in the late 19th century. This work serves as a literary and political critique, focusing on the societal and political issues of their time in Portugal. The opening explores themes of political disillusionment, the role of revolutionary and conservative parties, and societal stagnation, with a satirical lens on the state of governance and public discourse. At the start of the publication, the authors invoke irony to convey a sense of liberation from various societal constraints, referencing a fable about a wise old donkey advising his youthful counterpart on the inevitability of life’s burdens. They then shift to a commentary on the political climate, detailing the interplay between revolutionary and conservative parties in Portugal, highlighting a lack of meaningful action and principles from these factions. The narrative emphasizes the stagnation of political thought, the impotence of the government in addressing societal needs, and the critical point that societal evolution often occurs outside of governmental decree, relying on the engagement and innovation of the populace instead. The opening vividly illustrates the malaise present in the political landscape, imbued with humor and pointed observations. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 38.0 (College-level). Difficult to read. pt Portugal -- Politics and government -- Periodicals Portugal -- Civilization -- Periodicals Portugal -- Social life and customs -- Periodicals AP DP Text PT Política e Sociedade Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - General Browsing: Politics Category: Humour Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches Category: Politics 147939 2025-06-07T06:26:56.303266 text/html 141879 2020-12-11T20:11:29 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 94001 2020-12-11T20:11:29 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 205963 2025-06-07T06:27:04.176267 application/epub+zip 206647 2025-06-07T06:27:00.596211 application/epub+zip 117989 2025-06-07T06:26:58.993250 application/epub+zip 554760 2025-06-07T06:27:06.451224 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 543344 2025-06-07T06:27:02.914248 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 213154 2022-09-08T04:08:35.240578 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 131199 2025-06-07T06:26:55.949248 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 129127 2020-12-11T20:11:29 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 52688 2020-12-11T20:11:29 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 22125 2025-06-07T06:27:06.603181 application/rdf+xml 27838 2025-06-07T06:26:59.588227 image/jpeg 5089 2025-06-07T06:26:59.293211 image/jpeg 211528 2025-06-07T06:26:56.322253 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog pt.wikipedia en.wikipedia pt.wikipedia en.wikipedia