# Mme Sophroniska — The Counterfeiters character guide

> Mme Sophroniska in The Counterfeiters by André Gide.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Sophroniska, Mme, Madame Sophroniska

**First appearance:** 0023-ii-edouard-s-journal-little-boris

## Who they are

A doctor who treats Boris at Saas-Fee.

## In the story

### [II: Edouard's Journal: Little Boris](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_counterfeiters_se/chapters/ii-edouard-s-journal-little-boris)

Polish woman doctor treating Boris; uses dream analysis and confession; criticizes novelists' psychology.

### [III: Edouard Explains His Theory of the Novel](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_counterfeiters_se/chapters/iii-edouard-explains-his-theory-of-the-novel)

Participates in the discussion, questioning Edouard's ideas about reality and abstraction; compares the novel to music and criticizes the fugue as abstract.

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

Reveals Boris's secret practices and talisman; defends her therapeutic method; discusses Strouvilhou and considers Edouard's proposal.

### [XVIII: "The Strong Men"](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_counterfeiters_se/chapters/xviii-the-strong-men)

Visits Boris to inform him of Bronja's death, shares his grief, and leaves for Poland.

## Links

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