As Farpas

As Farpas

One of the original covers of the magazine
Editor	Ramalho Ortigão and Eça de Queirós
Categories	Social commentary
Frequency	Monthly
Founded	1871
Final issue	1882
Country	Portugal
Based in	Lisbon
Language	Portuguese

As Farpas (The Barbs) was a monthly publication started by the authors and journalists Ramalho Ortigão and Eça de Queirós. It first appeared in 1871, when the authors were, respectively, 35 and 26, and was published in Portugal until the end of 1882. Subtitled "The Country and Portuguese Society", the monthly issues presented a caricature of the society of the time and are considered an important contribution to Portuguese literature and the launching of critical journalism in the country.^[1]