A Relíquia
By Eça de Queirós
Cover: Jesus Cristo em Cafarnaum (1885), painting by Rodolfo Amoedo (1857–1941) · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain (artist died 1941)
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Teodorico Raposo hopes to inherit the fortune of his fanatically pious aunt, so he plays the devout nephew while living as he pleases. Sent to the Holy Land to bring her back a sacred relic, he has an extraordinary journey, which he recounts with comic frankness.
Summary written with Claude Opus 5.5.