Dewajtis

Marek Czertwan, a dutiful young Samogitian, is left by his father's death to manage the neglected estate of his missing friend Kazimierz Orwid, while his stepmother's family drains his strength. Rodziewiczówna's prize-winning novel of 1889 takes its name from an ancient oak beside the ruins of a Lithuanian stronghold, a symbol of endurance and faith to old ways.

Summary written with Claude Sonnet 5.5.