Reviews for Letters from England

The average rating for Letters from England based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2020-03-03 00:00:00 Andrew Bryans �Em geral, n�s outros os portugueses s� come�amos a ser idiotas - quando chegamos � idade da raz�o. Em pequenos temos todos uma pontinha de g�nio: e estou certo que se existisse uma literatura infantil como a da Su�cia ou da Holanda, para citar s� pa�ses t�o pequenos como o nosso, erguer-se-ia consideravelmente entre n�s o n�vel intelectual.�

Review # 2 was written on 2013-10-19 00:00:00 Alex Lock Eca is a classic Portuguese author of the late 1800's, if not THE classic Portuguese author, often compared to Zola, Balzac, Dickens and Tolstoy. His best-regarded realist novels include The Crime of Father Amaro, Cousin Bazilio: A Domestic Episode (Dedalus European Classics) and Illustrious House of Ramires (Revived Modern Classic). He was quite the letter-writer too. His day job for a time was in Portugal's foreign service in England, a key post, because England has traditionally been Portugal's main ally and trading partner. (The trade was mostly in wine and the English were more disposed to import Portuguese wine than French. Port, anyone? ) Eca gives us celebrity gossip in this selection of letters. For such a big thinker in his classic works, he was enamored of the daily comings and goings of the British court and gives us a kind of "Access Hollywood" perspective in the late 1870's focused on fashion, cuisine, gossip, intrigue and name dropping. A light read of special interest to royalty followers; kind of like "Access Hollywood Goes to London in the 1800's."