ENIGMA OTILIEI

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At the end of the story, Stănică finally jumps up the social ladder after stealing a large part of Costache's fortune. If you enjoy Balzac or any bourgeois comic novels with complex plots, conniving characters and innocent young men abroad, then you will certainly enjoy this, one of the foremost Romanian novels.

Karma Houdini: Stănică Rațiu manages to steal the money hidden under Costache Giurgiuveanu's mattress, which causes the latter to die of a heart attack.She Is All Grown Up: At the end of the book, Felix meets up with Pascalopol by accident and he shows him a photo of Otilia. Pascalopol knows Otilia since she was a child, is old enough to be her father and admits to Felix that he is uncertain what is paternal and what is sexual in his affection for her. She graciously gives her mother's piano, one of the few mementos she has of her, to a woman who has been cruel and mean to her since her childhood. Jerkass: Stănică Raţiu is an insufferable, hypocritical, backstabbing, opportunistic moocher and thief who is always listening in at doors, spying, lying and luring people into traps.

In spite of the fact that the characters belong to different social strata and cultural backgrounds, the language is homogenous and the same linguistic devices are employed.

Aurica wants to find a husband but her chances are poor as the family cannot afford a good dowry and she is plain.