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Je ne sais pas comment vous diriez cela en russe ou en anglais, mais je vous certifie quâen français, câest très bien. André Gide, Les Faux-Monnayeurs I do not know how one would put it in Russian or in English, but I assure you that in French it sounds great. André Gide, The Counterfeiters N HIS FLIGHT ACROSS the United States, the scholar of French literature Humbert Humbert finds temporary abode in the town of Beardsley, inhabited by Gaston Godinâa French professor and an âold fraud, who is nevertheless â generally admired as a âFrench genius. According to Humbert, Gaston is a worthâ less scholar and pedophile who entertains young boys âin the privacy of an orientally furnished den. His studio is decorated with images of famous homosexuals, â among them André Gide and Marcel Proust. The conjunction of Oriental taste and homosexuality is emphasized by a gift that âa little ladâ of Gastonâs brings to Humbertâa money box with an Oriental design of the type one finds in Algiers (183-84, 217). This geographic marker singles out Gideâs from among the other portraits in Gastonâs studioâand apparently for good reason: erotic obsession with boys permeates Gideâs story LâImmoraliste
Comparative Literature – Duke University Press
Published: Jan 1, 2002
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