# André Gide — Aspects of the Novel character guide

> André Gide in Aspects of the Novel by E. M. Forster.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Gide

**First appearance:** 0007-v-the-plot

## Snapshot

The French novelist and critic whose meditations on the two sides of human nature give Forster a framework for distinguishing history from fiction.

## Who they are

Gide enters the argument as a theorist as much as a novelist, offering the distinction between what is observable in a person and what shame or politeness keeps hidden. Forster borrows this to explain why fictional characters can be known completely while real friends never can. He matters because he supplies the philosophical scaffolding beneath Forster's practical observations about plot, character, and the novelist's peculiar access to inner life.

## Relationships

### [Edouard](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/aspects_of_the_novel_se/characters/edouard)

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André Gide is the author who created Edouard as a character in The Counterfeiters.

## In the story

### [IV: People (Continued)](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/aspects_of_the_novel_se/chapters/iv-people-continued)

His novel 'Les Faux Monnayeurs' is analyzed as a sophisticated but less vital example of shifting viewpoint, compared to Dickens's instinctive approach.

### [V: The Plot](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/aspects_of_the_novel_se/chapters/v-the-plot)

Author of 'Les Faux Monnayeurs', discussed as a novelist who experiments with plot by including his own diary and a novelist character (Edouard) within the novel.

### [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/aspects_of_the_novel_se/chapters/endnotes)

Referenced for his work Les Faux Monnayeurs (The Counterfeiters) and its translated edition.

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