Rachel asks a protagonist of this novel to leave the school because he's having an affair with Sarah, whom her brother had thrusted upon him by locking her door. That brother, Armand Vedel, discovers a letter from Egypt that relates Vincent's murder of Lady Griffith while editing the journal of Comte de Passavant, a notorious libertine. After taking the money and reading the journal from Edouard's bag by using the check ticket left behind, Bernard Profitendieu becomes the writer's secretary and travels with him and Laura Douviers to Switzerland. A real bullet is substituted for a blank in the 
Rachel asks a protagonist of this novel to leave the school because he's having an affair with Sarah, whom her brother had thrusted upon him by locking her door. That brother, Armand Vedel, discovers a letter from Egypt that relates Vincent's murder of Lady Griffith while editing the journal of Comte de Passavant, a notorious libertine. After taking the money and reading the journal from Edouard's bag by using the check ticket left behind, Bernard Profitendieu becomes the writer's secretary and travels with him and Laura Douviers to Switzerland. A real bullet is substituted for a blank in the gun Boris uses to shoot himself in class, causing George Molinier to abandon illegal activities. For ten points, name this Andre Gide novel including kids who forge coins.
Rachel asks a protagonist of this novel to leave the school because he's having an affair with Sarah, whom her brother had thrusted upon him by locking her door.
Les {faux-monnayeurs}; or The {Counterfeiters}