Title: L'immoraliste
First published: 1930
Description: The Immoralist (French: L'Immoraliste) is a novel by André Gide, published in France in 1902. The Immoralist is a recollection of events that Michel narrates to his three visiting friends. One of those friends solicits job search assistance for Michel by including in a letter to Monsieur D. R., Président du Conseil, a transcript of Michel's first-person account.

Important points of Michel's story are his recovery from tuberculosis; his attraction to a series of Arab boys and to his estate caretaker's son; and the evolution of a new perspective on life and society. Through his journey, Michel finds a kindred spirit in the rebellious Ménalque.
Subjects: French language, Readers, Textbooks for foreign speakers, French fiction, Translations into English, Gay men, Fiction, French literature, Disease in literature, Tuberculosis, East and West, Married men, Child molesters, Hedonism, Continental european fiction (fictional works by one author), Classic Literature, Gay men--fiction, Pq2613.i2 i4813 2001, 843/.912, Degeneration, LGBTQ fiction before Stonewall