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"Contos para a infância" de Abílio Manuel Guerra Junqueiro. Publicado pela Editora Good Press. A Editora Good Press publica um grande número de títulos que engloba todos os gêneros. Desde clássicos bem conhecidos e ficção literária — até não-ficção e pérolas esquecidas da literatura mundial: nos publicamos os livros que precisam serem lidos. Cada edição da Good Press é meticulosamente editada e formatada para aumentar a legibilidade em todos os leitores e dispositivos eletrónicos. O nosso objetivo é produzir livros eletrónicos que sejam de fácil utilização e acessíveis a todos, num formato digital de alta qualidade.
40 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1877
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Guerra Junqueiro
99 books18 followersAna Maria Guerra bore Abílio Manuel Guerra Junqueiro to José António Junqueiro Júnior, a supply trader and farmer. Ana died when Abilio was only three years old.
He made secondary studies in Bragança and at sixteen, he enrolled at the University of Coimbra, to study theology. Two years later, he left to study law, that he concluded in 1873. Then he became secretary of the governor of Angra do Heroísmo, Azores, and later of Viana do Castelo. In 1878, he was elected to the House of Representatives.
In 1885, he at Porto published A velhice do Padre Eterno , which generated strong criticism from Portuguese Catholic Church. After the British Ultimatum and the political crisis associated, he was involved in the political debate in 1891, writing some best-sellers that had huge impact in public opinion, contributing to the discredit of the Portuguese monarchy and the success of the republican Party in the 1910 Portuguese Revolution. He translated into Portuguese short stories by Hans Christian Andersen.
He married Filomena Augusta da Silva Neves on February 10, 1880, the couple had two children; Maria Isabel Guerra Junqueiro on November 11, 1880, second wife without issue of Luís Augusto de Sales Pinto da Mesquita de Carvalho (1868-1931) and Júlia Guerra Junqueiro in 1881, unmarried and without issue. He died in Lisbon at the age of 73.
In 1940 Junqueiro's daughter donated his estate in Porto that became the Guerra Junqueiro's Museum.
He made secondary studies in Bragança and at sixteen, he enrolled at the University of Coimbra, to study theology. Two years later, he left to study law, that he concluded in 1873. Then he became secretary of the governor of Angra do Heroísmo, Azores, and later of Viana do Castelo. In 1878, he was elected to the House of Representatives.
In 1885, he at Porto published A velhice do Padre Eterno , which generated strong criticism from Portuguese Catholic Church. After the British Ultimatum and the political crisis associated, he was involved in the political debate in 1891, writing some best-sellers that had huge impact in public opinion, contributing to the discredit of the Portuguese monarchy and the success of the republican Party in the 1910 Portuguese Revolution. He translated into Portuguese short stories by Hans Christian Andersen.
He married Filomena Augusta da Silva Neves on February 10, 1880, the couple had two children; Maria Isabel Guerra Junqueiro on November 11, 1880, second wife without issue of Luís Augusto de Sales Pinto da Mesquita de Carvalho (1868-1931) and Júlia Guerra Junqueiro in 1881, unmarried and without issue. He died in Lisbon at the age of 73.
In 1940 Junqueiro's daughter donated his estate in Porto that became the Guerra Junqueiro's Museum.
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March 10, 2019
Contos edificantes para ler para e com as crianças.
May 26, 2016
Surgem por vezes contos dignos de um verdadeiro filme de horror, outros de uma simplicidade hilariante e surpreendente. O pensar antigo, o pensar religioso, o pensar português. Excelente!
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