This document provides character summaries for a novel. It describes the main character Otilia Marculescu as a slim, charming, young, and fit woman with complex and confusing behavior that shifts between childish and mature states. It also describes the secondary character Felix Sima as a nice young man who came to study medicine and felt sympathy for Otilia that turned into love. The document lists other character names without descriptions.

1. by George Calinescu This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This publication [communication] reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein

2. Otilia Marculescu-main character Felix Sima- secondary character Costache Giurgiuveanu Leonida Pascalopol Stanica Ratiu Aglae Aurica Simion Tulea Titi Doc tor Vasiliad Tuica -the priest

3. Otilia Marculescu-she’s the most modern character in the novel. She is a slim girl,very charming,young,f it . She is a complex character with a strange behavior,confunsing,shifting suddenly from one state to another. She has a childish attitude and mature at the same time.

4. Felix Sima-is a nice young man who came to Bucharest to his uncle to study medicine. He is lucid, ambitious, intellectual. From the beginning he felt sympathy for Otilia which turns into love. Presentation made by Dana Huja