Isabelle (novella)
{{Short description|1911 novella by André Gide}}
{{Infobox book|
| name = Isabelle
| title_orig =
| orig_lang_code = fr
| translator = Walter Ballenberger
| image = Isabelle_(novella)_cover.jpg
| caption = Second edition cover (1911)
| author = André Gide
| cover_artist =
| language = French
| set_in = Calvados department, 1890s
| publisher = Les Éditions de la Nouvelle Revue Française
| series =
|pages=194
| genre = Récit
| release_date = 1911
|dewey=843.912
| native_wikisource =
| wikisource =
}}
Isabelle is a novella (described as a récit) by André Gide, published in 1911.{{cite web|url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1289463.Isabelle|title=Isabelle|website=www.goodreads.com}}{{cite web|url=https://www.fantasticfiction.com/g/andre-gide/isabelle.htm|title=Isabelle by André Gide|first=|website=www.fantasticfiction.com}}{{cite journal|jstor=43801463|title="ISABELLE": A DETECTIVE NOVEL BY ANDRÉ GIDE|first=Pierre L.|last=Horn|date=6 January 1977|journal=Romance Notes|volume=18|issue=1|pages=54–61}}{{cite web|url=http://culture-et-debats.over-blog.com/article-6181379.html|title=Isabelle d'André Gide - Contribution subjective à une mémoire gaie : littérature, cinéma, arts, histoire...|first=Jean-Yves|last=Alt}}{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/andrgidecritical0000pain|url-access=registration|quote=isabelle gide.|title=André Gide; a critical biography|first=George Duncan|last=Painter|date=6 January 1968|publisher=Atheneum|via=Internet Archive}}
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.