English Family
English Family Mr Richard Whitestone is English and a successful businessman based for many years in Oporto. His favourite reading is Tristram Shandy, which he reads and re-reads constantly. Despite…
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English Family
Mr Richard Whitestone is English and a successful businessman based for many years in Oporto. His favourite reading is Tristram Shandy, which he reads and re-reads constantly. Despite his many years' residence in Portugal, he remains resolutely English in his tastes and in his accent.
Jenny is the angel of the house and wise beyond her 21 years. A widower for many years, he lives with his children Jenny and Carlos. Carlos is 18 and much given to carousing with his friends and to falling - very briefly - in love with whichever pretty girl he sees.
He is the despair of his father, but his sister believes in him despite all, because she knows he has a good heart. One day, during Carnival, Carlos meets a young woman at a masked ball and falls in love. As ever, the path of true love runs very erratically indeed.
J lio Dinis is sometimes referred to as the Portuguese Trollope, and this, the