The Immoralist (French: L'Immoraliste) is a novel by André Gide, published in France in 1902. The Immoralist is a recollection of events that Michel narrates to his three visiting friends. One of those friends solicits job search assistance for Michel by including in a letter to Monsieur D. R., Président du Conseil, a transcript of Michel's first-person account.
Important points of Michel's story are his recovery from tuberculosis; his attraction to a series of Arab boys and to his estate caretaker's son; and the evolution of a new perspective on life and society. Through his journey, Michel finds a kindred spirit in the rebellious Ménalque.
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- French language
- Readers
- Textbooks for foreign speakers
- French fiction
- Translations into English
- Gay men
- Fiction
- French literature
- Disease in literature
- Tuberculosis
- East and West
- Married men
- Child molesters
- Hedonism
- Continental european fiction (fictional works by one author)
- LGBTQ novels before Stonewall
- Classic Literature
- Gay men--fiction
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- Degeneration
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