Andre Gide

A French author.

The Fruits of the Earth

poems

The Immoralist

Michel marries Marceline and gets tuberculosis in North Africa. he likes young Arab boys. friend Menalque tells him to follow passions. Marceline gets tuberculosis and dies

Strait is the Gate

Jerome woos cousin Alissa but she wants to sacrifice her happiness to God

Lafcadio’s Adventures

The Vatican Cellars. swindler extorts money by claiming pope was kidnapped. Lafcado kills one of three brothers-in-law

The Counterfeiters

boys Bernard Profitendieu and Oliveir Molinier try to befriend novelist Edouard

The Pastoral Symphony

Swiss pastor adopts and loves blind orphan Gertrude who might love Jacques. her sight is restored and she commits suicide