The Immoralist 4624135 216983078 2008-06-04T02:25:40Z Ukexpat 70142 Reverted edits by [[Special:Contributions/68.175.35.160|68.175.35.160]] ([[User talk:68.175.35.160|talk]]) to last version by JzG {{Infobox Book | name = The Immoralist | title_orig = L'Immoraliste | translator = Dorothy Bussey (1930), | image = [[Image:Immoralist.jpg|200px|The Immoralist Penguin Classics cover]] | image_caption = ''The Immoralist'' Penguin Classics cover | author = [[André Gide]] | illustrator = | cover_artist = | country = [[France]] | language = [[French language|French]] | series = | genre = [[Novel]] | publisher = Mercure de France (French, 1902); [[Alfred A. Knopf]] (English, 1930) | release_date = 1902 | english_release_date = 1930 | media_type = Print ([[Hardcover|Hardback]]) | pages = 144 pages | isbn = NA <!-- Originally released before ISBN system implimented --> | oclc = 5227844 | preceded_by = | followed_by = }} '''''The Immoralist''''' is a [[novel]] by [[André Gide]], published in [[France]] in [[1902]] as ''L'immoraliste''. ==Synopsis== Michel's latent [[homosexuality]] is one theme throughout this complex novel of self-discovery. A number of incidents betray his secret [[pederasty|pederastic]] yearnings. From his first encounter with the [[Arab]] [[boy]], Bachir, in [[Tunisia]] his infatuation with the beauty of Moktir, to his almost-recognised obsession with Ali at the end, Michel's reactions can be explained by his love for young boys. He feels that his wife Marceline is in the way when he is with his boys, yet she helps procure them for him. His violent hostility toward religion is not only a rejection of his moral upbringing, but also an unconscious expression of hostility toward Marceline. Both stand in the way of his hidden longings. Michel prefers the [[morality|immoral]] Alcide to the responsible Charles for the same reason. The Arab boys, the coachman in Taormina whom he kisses, the beggars whose company he seeks out in Naples and Syracuse recognise his longings better than he does. ==See also== *[[List of books portraying paedophilia or sexual abuse of minors]] *[[Pederasty]] {{DEFAULTSORT:Immoralist, The}} [[Category:Pederastic literature]] [[Category:1902 novels]] [[Category:Novels by André Gide]] {{1900s-novel-stub}}