# Lucien Bercail — The Counterfeiters character guide

> Lucien Bercail in The Counterfeiters by André Gide.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Lucien, Bercail, Little Bercail, little Bercail

**First appearance:** 0033-iv-the-first-day-of-the-term

## Who they are

A schoolmate of Bernard and Olivier.

## In the story

### [I: The Luxembourg Gardens](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_counterfeiters_se/chapters/i-the-luxembourg-gardens)

A timid schoolfellow who shares his literary ideas with Olivier; writes poetry.

### [The Argonauts’ Dinner](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_counterfeiters_se/chapters/viii-the-argonauts-dinner)

Target of Jarry's mock pistol shot; stands on a chair in a Napoleonic pose.

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