# Strouvilhou — The Counterfeiters character guide

> Strouvilhou in The Counterfeiters by André Gide.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** virtuous Strouvilhou, a certain Strouvilhou, Victor Strouvilhou, Cousin Strouvilhou

**First appearance:** 0041-xii-edouard-and-then-strouvilhou-visit-passavant

## Snapshot

Passavant's cold-eyed cousin and a man of flexible virtue, Strouvilhou slides into the review's management just as Olivier slides out.

## Who they are

When Passavant decides he has tired of Olivier, it is Strouvilhou he writes to, ready to hand over the review to a man whose usefulness outweighs his scruples. Nicknamed 'virtuous' with unmistakable irony, he moves through the novel's criminal and literary circles with the same unhurried competence, a fixer for schemes that need a respectable face. His arrival marks the moment the counterfeit-coin affair and the world of letters begin to touch, and the moral weather of the book turns colder.

## In the story

### [XV: Olivier Visits the Comte de Passavant](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_counterfeiters_se/chapters/xv-olivier-visits-the-comte-de-passavant)

Arrives at Passavant's during Olivier's visit; his card is presented.

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

Mentioned as having obtained Boris's talisman; Edouard recalls knowing him from the past.

### [XII: Edouard and Then Strouvilhou Visit Passavant](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_counterfeiters_se/chapters/xii-edouard-and-then-strouvilhou-visit-passavant)

Visits Passavant for a proposal about a literary dictatorship; expresses contempt for humanity and conventional morality.

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

Warned by Ghéridanisol about the counterfeiting investigation and takes precautions.

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

Mentioned as the uncle of a schoolboy who recommended Cob-Lafleur to Passavant.

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

Mentioned as having advised Ghéridanisol to leave Boris alone, but his influence is ignored.

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