Isabelle (novella)

Isabelle is a novella (described as a récit) by André Gide, published in 1911.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Isabelle

Second edition cover (1911)
Author	André Gide
Translator	Walter Ballenberger
Language	French
Genre	Récit
Set in	Calvados department, 1890s
Publisher	Les Éditions de la Nouvelle Revue Française
Publication date	1911
Pages	194
Dewey Decimal	843.912

Plot

25-year-old Gérard Lacase from the Sorbonne studies for his doctorate on Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet at the remote castle of Quartfourche in northern Normandy. He falls in love with a portrait of Isabelle, the daughter of the family who owns the castle.