![]() ![]() He plans to study medicine at the University of Bucharest. ![]() At the beginning of the novel he is arriving in Bucharest with a view to staying with Uncle Costake and his daughter, the eponymous Otilia. His money is managed by his uncle Costake (Constantin Giurgiuveanu), who is actually Felix’s father’s sister’s husband. His father, a doctor, died the previous year and had left Felix enough money to live comfortably. Felix Sima, a young man of nineteen, is an orphan. This is Călinescu’s best-known novel and shows that he clearly knows his Balzac, with a comic tale of thwarted love, an avaricious old man, grasping and obnoxious relatives and a somewhat gothic atmosphere, set primarily in a capital city (in this case, of course, Bucharest). Home » Romania » George Călinescu » Părinții Otiliei (later: Enigma Otiliei) George Călinescu: Părinții Otiliei (later: Enigma Otiliei) ![]()
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