A Illustre Casa de Ramires
By Eça de Queirós
Cover: Infante D. Henrique (undated), painting by José Malhoa (1855–1933) · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain (artist died 1933)
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Gonçalo Mendes Ramires, last of an ancient noble house, is writing a novella about his heroic medieval ancestors while he struggles with debts, local politics and his own weak character. Eça de Queirós sets the two stories side by side, the old glory and the modern heir.
Summary written with Claude Opus 5.5.