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The book Viagens na Minha Terra, published in volume in 1846, is the starting point of modern Portuguese literary prose: for the mixture of styles and genres, for the crossing of a language that is sometimes classic, sometimes popular, sometimes journalistic, sometimes dramatic, highlighting the vivacity of expressions and images, for the oral tone of the narrator, Garrett freed the speech from the heavy classical tradition, anticipating the best that Eça de Queirós would achieve at this level. But the work is also valuable for the analysis of the political and social situation of the country and for the symbolism that Frei Dinis and Carlos represent: in the first is visible what still remained positive and negative of the old, absolutist Portugal; the second represents, to a certain extent, the renewing and liberal spirit.