# Monsieur de La Pérouse — The Counterfeiters character guide

> Monsieur de La Pérouse in The Counterfeiters by André Gide.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Monsieur de La, La Pérouse, old La Pérouse

**First appearance:** 0015-xiii-edouard-s-journal-first-visit-to-la-p-rouse

## Who they are

An old music master, Edouard's acquaintance.

## In the story

### [XIII: Edouard’s Journal: First Visit to La Pérouse](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_counterfeiters_se/chapters/xiii-edouard-s-journal-first-visit-to-la-p-rouse)

Aged and distressed; reveals his sense of being duped and his love for his unseen grandson Boris.

### [XVIII: Edouard’s Journal: Second Visit to La Pérouse](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_counterfeiters_se/chapters/xviii-edouard-s-journal-second-visit-to-la-p-rouse)

Edouard's second visit; he is in a state of marital misery, entrusts Edouard with a sealed envelope and asks him to visit his grandson in Saas-Fée.

### [Edouard's Journal: Conversation with Sophroniska](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_counterfeiters_se/chapters/v-edouard-s-journal-conversation-with-sophroniska)

Mentioned as Boris's grandfather; Edouard promised to bring Boris to Paris.

### [III: Edouard’s Journal: Third Visit to La Pérouse](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_counterfeiters_se/chapters/iii-edouard-s-journal-third-visit-to-la-p-rouse)

In deep despair, pretending to be dead, reveals suicidal thoughts and his belief that God controls his actions.

### [XVI: Edouard Warns George](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_counterfeiters_se/chapters/xvi-edouard-warns-george)

Struggling as a supervisor at the pension; complains to Edouard about his insomnia and a mysterious noise in his room.

### [XIX: Boris](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_counterfeiters_se/chapters/xix-boris)

La Pérouse is the teacher and Boris's grandfather; he witnesses the suicide helplessly, frozen and trembling.

### [XX: Edouard's Journal](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_counterfeiters_se/chapters/xx-edouard-s-journal)

Grieves Boris's death, speaks mystically about silence and God's cruelty; Edouard visits him.

## Links

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