After marrying Marceline to appease his dying father, the narrator Michel exacerbates her condition by travelling all over Europe and North-Africa in search of young boys.
This novel's frame narrative consists of a friend of the narrator asking for a government position on his behalf. The protagonist of this work is told of the provincial Heurtevent family by Alcide, a boy he catches poaching on his Norman estate called La Morinière, which is run by the caretaker Bocage. In this novel, the narrator's wife has a miscarriage while he is away talking with the nonconformist (*) Menalque. The protagonist of this novel catches Moktir stealing scissors from him before quietly watching his wife die of tuberculosis at its conclusion. After marrying Marceline to appease his dying father, the narrator Michel exacerbates her condition by travelling all over Europe and North-Africa in search of young boys. For 10 points, name this novel by Andre Gide.
This novel's frame narrative consists of a friend of the narrator asking for a government position on his behalf.
The {Immoralist} [or {L'Immoraliste}]