Resumen
El amigo Manso (Manso, the Gentleman Friend) is one of Benito Pérez Galdós’s most introspective and philosophical novels.
Told in the first person, it follows Don Máximo Manso, a quiet, rational, and academic man who becomes entangled in the messy emotional lives of others—despite his preference for theory over passion.
The novel is both a portrait of Madrid society and a meditation on the gap between ideas and life.