cret ion ▁and ▁del ic acy ". ▁He ▁found ▁especially ▁" ups et ting " ▁and ▁inde cent ▁that ▁Cre v edia ▁had ▁dis gu ised ▁other ▁known ▁characters ▁under ▁transparent ▁pseud onym s , ▁suggesting ▁that ▁the ▁author ▁was ▁suffering ▁from ▁meg al oman ia . ▁ ▁Another ▁traditional ist ▁rev iewer , ▁Gr ig ore ▁Bug arin , ▁argued ▁that ▁Bur u ien i ▁de ▁drag ost e ▁was ▁written ▁in ▁" master ly ▁Roman ian , ▁with ▁unexpected ▁charm . ▁[...] ▁The ▁protagon ists ▁come ▁alive . ▁As ▁soon ▁as ▁you ▁close ▁the ▁book , ▁you ▁may ▁close ▁your ▁eyes ▁and ▁hear ▁them ▁speak , ▁watch ▁them ▁gest ic ulate ." ▁The ▁novel , ▁Bug arin ▁claimed , ▁" is ▁a ▁lif eli ke ▁expression ▁of ▁today ' s ▁Roman ian ▁b our ge ois ie ." ▁Ag ree ing ▁with ▁Cre v edia ' s ▁politics , ▁but ▁also ▁with ▁his ▁ideal ▁of ▁the ▁" int el lect ual ▁woman ", ▁B â ti u ▁concluded : ▁" In ▁this ▁literary ▁era ▁of ▁our s , ▁when ▁so ▁many ▁inde cent ▁and ▁por n ographic ▁books ▁are ▁sh am eless ly ▁published ▁by ▁authors ▁of ▁dub ious ▁orig ins , ▁these ▁Love ▁We eds ▁sett le ▁in ▁as ▁a ▁gentle ▁b ree ze ". ▁On ▁the ▁modern ist ▁side , ▁Lov ines cu ▁also ▁argued ▁that ▁Bur u ien i ▁de ▁drag ost e ▁was ▁Cre v edia ' s ▁most ▁accomplished ▁work . ▁" Po or ly ▁struct