André Gide’s The Counterfeiters explores complex moral and philosophical questions about personal freedom, identity, authenticity, moral responsibility, and the pursuit of truth. A novel-within-a-novel, The Counterfeiters is renowned for its innovative narrative technique. Gide employs a fragmented structure, incorporating multiple narrative threads, shifting perspectives, and experimental techniques.
The story follows the lives of a group of friends-their intellectual pursuits, friendships and romantic relationships, and the conflicts they encounter as they navigate the ever-changing social and political landscape of their time.
While the novel touches upon weighty philosophical ideas, it also showcases Gide’s exquisite prose, characterized by its elegance, introspection, and psychological depth. The Counterfeiters stands as a seminal work of modernist literature.
This Warbler Classics edition includes an essay on Gide by literary scholar Germaine Brée and a detailed biographical timeline.
Table of Content
Contents
Part One-Paris
I: The Luxembourg Gardens
II: The Profitendieus
III: Bernard and Olivier
IV: Vincent and the Comte de Passavant
V: Vincent Meets Passavant at Lady Griffith’s
VI: Bernard Awakens
VII: Lilian and Vincent
VIII: Edouard and Laura
IX: Edouard and Olivier
X: The Cloak-Room Ticket
XI: Edouard’s Journal: George Molinier
XII: Edouard’s Journal: Laura’s Wedding
XIII: Edouard’s Journal:First Visit to La Pérouse
XIV: Bernard and Laura
VX: Olivier Visits the Comte de Passavant
XVI: Vincent and Lilian
XVII: The Evening at Rambouillet
VXIII: Edouard’s Journal: Second Visit to La Pérouse
Part Two-Saas-Fée
I: From Bernard to Olivier
II: Edouard’s Journal: Little Boris
III: Edouard Explains His Theory of the Novel
IV: Bernard and Laura
V: Edouard’s Journal: Conversation with Sophroniska
VI: From Olivier to Bernard
VII: The Author Reviews His Characters
Part Three-Paris
I: Edouard’s Journal: Oscar Molinier
II: Edouard’s Journal: At the Vedels’
III: Edouard’s Journal: Third Visit to La Pérouse
IV The First Day of the Term
V. Olivier Meets Bernard
VI: Edouard’s Journal: Madame Molinier
VII: Olivier and Armand
VIII: The Argonauts’ Dinner
IX: Olivier and Edouard
X: Olivier’s Convalescence
XI: Edouard’s Journal: Pauline
XII: Edouard and Then Strouvilhou Visit Passavant
XIII: Edouard’s Journal: Douviers. Profitendieu
XIV: Bernard and the Angel
XV: Bernard Visits Edouard
XVI: Edouard Warns George
XVII: Armand and Olivier
XVIII: ‘The Strong Men’
XIX: Boris
XX: Edouard’s Journal
Form and Content in Gide by Germaine Brée
Biographical Timeline
About the author
Germaine Brée (1907-2001) was a renowned French-American literary scholar, who wrote extensively on Marcel Proust, André Gide, Albert Camus, and Jean-Paul Sartre.
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