[7] The plot is centred around two siblings, Daniel and Olguța (Romanian: [Olgu[t͡s]a]) Deleanu, and their step sister, Monica.

[10][note 2] In 1995, a group of experts from Aix-Marseille University reviewed the trilogy and highlighted that Teodoreanu was traditionally considered by Romanians as the novelist of childhood.

[11][12] At Medeleni attains the ineffability of sensation and opens with a writing style torn between suffering and voluptuousness, a vertiginous perspective evoking baroque aesthetics.

[13][10][14] According to the Romanian newspaper Jurnalul Național, "At Medeleni is the book that sealed the literary reputation of the novelist, who, at the age of 30, was already nationally renowned.

[7] Critics and theorists, like George Călinescu, mentioned that the novel "has a lasting value," Camil Petrescu said that the work presents "affective aspects" of children through a series of life incidents, and, in turn, Garabet Ibrăileanu established that the main character, Olguța, is "the most striking type[...] and the most successful girl model in our literature.