A Pata da Gazela
By José de Alencar
Cover: A Tagarela (1893), painting by Belmiro de Almeida (1858–1935) · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain (artist died 1935)
A light romance of Rio de Janeiro society that begins with two fashionable young women in a carriage on the Rua da Quitanda. The title is the nickname of a small foot, the clue that sets a young man pursuing its owner through the drawing rooms of the city.
Summary written with Claude Sonnet 5.5.