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The Counterfeiters

by André Gide

First published: 1925
Pages: 313

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Section 1
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Section 2
55:17
Section 3
53:44
Section 4
42:47
Section 5
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Section 6
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Section 7
52:18
Section 8
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Section 9
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Section 10
54:00
Section 11
55:22
Section 12
61:52
Section 13
41:54
Section 14
52:55

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André Gide's only book that he called a novel follows a web of Parisian families, schoolboys, and writers whose lives cross in unexpected ways. At its center is Édouard, a novelist keeping a journal about a novel he means to write, also titled The Counterfeiters, so that the book seems to watch itself being made. Around him move restless adolescents, a ring of boys passing counterfeit coins, quiet betrayals, and the slow discovery of who each person really is beneath the pose. Gide turns the fake gold into a mirror for false feelings, borrowed ideas, and hollow morality. First published in French in 1925, it remains a cornerstone of modern fiction. This free PDF and EPUB edition carries the English translation by Dorothy Bussy.

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André Gide

André Gide (1869-1951) was a French author whose fiction, memoirs, and criticism probed conscience, desire, and personal freedom with unusual candor. A founder of the Nouvelle Revue Française, he helped shape modern French letters and received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1947.

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