A Cidade e as Serras
By Eça de Queirós
Cover: Return from the Fields (1897), painting by José Malhoa (1855–1933) · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain (artist died 1933)
Jacinto, a rich Portuguese born and raised in Paris, believes happiness lies in civilisation and fills his mansion with every modern device, growing steadily more bored. Called to his family's estate in the mountains of northern Portugal, he discovers another way of living, as told by his friend Zé Fernandes.
Summary written with Claude Opus 5.5.