O Romance de um Homem Rico
By Camilo Castelo Branco
Cover: Retrato de António Teles de Vasconcelos Pimentel (1909), painting by José Malhoa (1855–1933) · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain (artist died 1933)
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The story of Álvaro Teixeira de Macedo, born in Lisbon in 1813 to a wealthy merchant, a boy who grows up without ever having said the word mother. Camilo follows his schooling, his money and his loves in a romantic novel of feeling set against the liberal turmoil of the day.
Summary written with Claude Sonnet 5.5.