# Gontran de Passavant — The Counterfeiters character guide

> Gontran de Passavant in The Counterfeiters by André Gide.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** young Gontran, Gontran, young Passavant

**First appearance:** 0019-xvii-the-evening-at-rambouillet

## Who they are

Passavant's younger brother.

## In the story

### [The First Day of the Term](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_counterfeiters_se/chapters/iv-the-first-day-of-the-term)

Gontran is an independent and proud boy who keeps to himself, preferring reading and solitary sports, and could be a protector for Boris.

### [VII: Olivier and Armand](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_counterfeiters_se/chapters/vii-olivier-and-armand)

Mentioned as the brother of Robert de Passavant, who now occupies Armand's former room at the Pension Vedel.

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