The Richard Howard translation has replaced that of Dorothy Bussy as the standard English version of this novel.  
The Richard Howard translation has replaced that of Dorothy Bussy as the standard English version of this novel.  The protagonist's indulgent treatment of the hired hands Bute and Pierre lead to clashes with his overseer Bocage which along with his wife's degenerating condition causes him to leave his Normandy farm.  The story is told at a house in Sidi b. M. where Marcel had gone with the boy Moktir after the death in El Kantara of his wife Marceline due to tuberculosis.  FTP, name this Gide titular character.
The Richard Howard translation has replaced that of Dorothy Bussy as the standard English version of this novel.  
The Immoralist or L'Immoraliste