The Counterfeiters

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The Counterfeiters is a 1925 novel by French author André Gide that is celebrated for its innovative metafictional structure and exploration of moral ambiguity and authenticity.

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instanceOf novel
adaptedInto The Counterfeiters (1961 film) NERFINISHED
The Counterfeiters (2010 TV film) NERFINISHED
author André Gide NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin France
criticalReception highly acclaimed
explores tension between reality and fiction
feature metafictional structure
firstEditionFormat print
genre metafiction
modernist novel
philosophical novel
hasCharacter Comte de Passavant NERFINISHED
Georges Molinier NERFINISHED
Laura NERFINISHED
Vincent Molinier NERFINISHED
hasCompanionWork The Counterfeiters’ Journal NERFINISHED
hasISBN 9782070368074
hasMainCharacter Bernard Profitendieu NERFINISHED
Olivier Molinier NERFINISHED
Édouard NERFINISHED
hasNarrativeDevice author-character overlap
hasPageCount approximately 500
includedIn 20th-century French literature canon
influenced postmodern fiction
literaryMovement modernism
narrativeForm multiple viewpoints
novel-within-a-novel
notableFor innovative narrative technique
self-reflexive commentary on novel-writing
originalLanguage French
originalTitle Les Faux-monnayeurs NERFINISHED
publicationYear 1925
publisher Gallimard NERFINISHED
setting France NERFINISHED
settingPeriod early 20th century
structure embedded author’s journal
interwoven plots
theme adolescence
art and creation
authenticity
counterfeiting as metaphor
family relationships
homosexuality
moral ambiguity
timeOfAction contemporary to its publication

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André Gide notableWork The Counterfeiters