THE IMMORALIST

_Translated from the French of_

ANDRÉ GIDE

_by Dorothy Bussy_

1930 _New York_ · ALFRED · A · KNOPF · _London_

_Copyright 1930_ BY ALFRED A. KNOPF, INC.

_All rights reserved including the right to reproduce this book or parts thereof in any form_

_Original title_ L’IMMORALISTE

_Copyright 1921 by Mercure de France Paris_

First and Second Printings before Publication Published, March, 1930

MANUFACTURED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

_To My Comrade and Fellow-Traveller_

HENRI GHEON