The author's interest in bookish themes is again evidenced in "Aghan", where he adapts a Romantic theme from French author Gérard de Nerval's "La Main enchantée" ("The Enchanted Hand"). A more ambitious project, "Revoluţia" was Dinu Nicodin's perspective on French Revolution and the philosophy of history. Writing from a Marxist perspective, Crohmălniceanu argued that the novelist was constructing "precipitous ramblings", the signs of "reactionary delirium". He nevertheless approved of "memorable scenes" such as the "Noyades": "a somber painting, accomplished with extraordinary power of expression."