Carlota Ângela
By Camilo Castelo Branco
Cover: Retrato de Senhora (undated), painting by José Malhoa (1855–1933) · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain (artist died 1933)
In Porto in 1806 the wealthy Norberto de Meirelles and his wife watch their fortune grow along with their only daughter, who is being adorned to attract a rich husband. Camilo tells the story of the girl and the choices made for her with a narrator who jokes about how to begin.
Summary written with Claude Sonnet 5.5.