Most of Caragiale's prose is interconnected through allusions to himself, and, occasionally, the narratives discreetly refer to one another. Although his texts are characterized by precision in defining the moment and location for the plot, the general lines of the narratives are often subject to a calculated fragmentation, an innovative technique which, Vartic writes, attests the author's familiarity with Antoine Furetière's vision. Vartic also indicates that Balzac's "La Comédie humaine", in particular its "Thirteen" cycle—which is known to have been one of the books Caragiale treasured most—, influenced the general structure of his stories.