The Immoralist

Synopsis

“the humanist has four leading characteristics—curiosity, a free mind, belief in good taste, and a belief in the human race—and all four are present in gide. The humanist of our age. ” —e. M. Forstera penguin classicin the immoralist, andré gide presents the confessional account of a man seeking the truth of his own nature. The story’s protagonist, michel, knows nothing about love when he marries the gentle marceline out of duty to his father.