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The Counterfeiters ( French: Les Faux-monnayeurs) is a 1925 novel by French author André Gide, first published in Nouvelle Revue Française. With many characters and crisscrossing plotlines, its main theme is that of the original and the copy, and what differentiates them – both in the external plot of the counterfeit gold coins and in the ...
- André Gide
- 1925
André Gide. 3.84. 9,488 ratings467 reviews. Originally published in 1925, this book became known for the frank sexuality of its contents and its account of middle class French morality. The themes of the book explore the problem of morals, the problem of society and the problems facing writers.
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The Counterfeiters, novel by André Gide, published in French in 1926 as Les Faux-Monnayeurs. Constructed with a greater range and scope than his previous short fiction, The Counterfeiters is Gide’s most complex and intricately plotted work.
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Oct 10, 2022 · The Counterfeiters is an experimental novel that reflects on Gide’s engagement with the modern novel, the avantgarde literary milieu in the 1920s in Paris, and a wide range of sexual preferences. The main protagonist, Edouard, a novelist, sometimes acts as a second-person narrator.
Jun 12, 1973 · "The Counterfeiters" (1926), by Andre Gide (1869-1951) is a fascinating chronicle of life in Paris before World War I. It begins as two high school friends, Bernard Profitendieu and Olivier Molinier, prepare for the bacchalaureat, their final exam.
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Complete summary of Andre Gide's The Counterfeiters. eNotes plot summaries cover all the significant action of The Counterfeiters.
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Oct 19, 2009 · The counterfeiters. by. Gide, André, 1869-1951. Publication date. 1927. Publisher. New York, Knopf. Collection. internetarchivebooks; americana.
