The Notebooks of André Walter

The Notebooks of André Walter is an autobiographical work by André Gide, published in 1891. It is a first-person narrative that explores Gide's youthful unrest and serves as an early example of the confessional style he would later master. The work reflects his early struggles with his strict Protestant upbringing and his developing awareness of his own impulses and desires. It was written during his Symbolist period, influenced by the aesthetic theories of the time, and touches upon themes of self-discovery and the search for individual values. This early work foreshadows the more complex psychological explorations found in his later, more famous writings.12