Eça's English Letters

England in the 1880s: the aristocracy stoically endures the tedium of country-bound weeks in winter, when fashion forbids their showing themselves in London. Lord Beaconsfield's death is mourned - and a national myth is buried. The Times remains the watchdog of the English conscience. Abroad, John Bull is sweetly reasonable; Irish rebels must not be allowed to incommode English landlords; Egyptian rebels must by taught to respect their established rulers (and of course, British interests must be safeguarded).

Summary

In Newcastle-upon-Tyne, an obscure young Portuguese consul, Eca de Queiros, writes regular letters to his Brazilian readers, giving a dry, gently amused, if not wholly impartial, account of English activities.

Product details

• Authors: Jose Maria De Eoca De Queiraos, Eca De Queiros, Jose Maria De Eca De Queiros, Eca de Queirós, EGA de Queirss, Eca de Queiros
• Assisted by: Aiken Stevens (Translation), Ann Stevens (Translation)
• Publisher: Carcanet Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.03.2001
• EAN: 9781857545005
• ISBN: 978-1-85754-500-5
• No. of pages: 208
• Dimensions: 137 mm x 213 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 299 g
• Series: From the Portuguese S.; From the Portuguese S
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries