Almeida Garrett

Viagens na Minha Terra

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Dizia um secretário de Estado, meu amigo, que, para se repartir com igualdade o melhoramento das ruas por toda a Lisboa, deviam ser obrigados os ministros a mudar de rua e bairro todos os três meses.

Written in response to the imposition of the Cabral dictatorship in 1841, Viagens na Minha Terra is a classic novel of Romanticism in Portugal. While confronting both the liberal and conservative politics of his age, Garrett also confronts classical and romantic ideals, and regional, national and universal values. While simultaneously traveling in both space (from Lisbon to Santarém) and time (into the past), Garrett takes a critical look at both the politics of his time and the values of his age.

Viagens Na Minha Terra

Darda Nella

What makes this book so difficult to read is the expectation of finding a romance happening all around Portugal. It isn’t. This is just random thoughts and a love story imagined by a very provilidged man of the XIX century. It has some interesting points in its own way, but it is not the type of reading I enjoy or that I was looking for when I started to read this book.

Beatriz Pereira

Tortura para ler 70% do livro mas o romance descrito entre as viagens fez o livro valer a pena (talvez). Relembrou me muito as intrigas, os segredos e os escândalos e reviravoltas de todos os romances da altura. É um clássico.

Viagens na Minha Terra

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