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The Disappearance of Émile Zola: A Story of Love, Literature, and the Dreyfus Case
The Disappearance of Émile Zola: A Story of Love, Literature, and the Dreyfus Case | Michael Rosen
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The incredible story of Émile Zola's escape to London in the aftermath of the scandalous Dreyfus Affair. It is the evening of July 18, 1898 and the world-renowned novelist Émile Zola is on the run. His crime? Taking on the highest powers in the land with his open letter "J'accuse"—and losing. Forced to leave Paris with nothing but the clothes he is standing in and a nightshirt wrapped in newspaper, Zola flees to England with no idea when he will return. This is the little-known story of Zola's time in exile. Rosen has traced Zola's footsteps from the Gare du Nord to London, examining the significance of this year. The Disappearance of Émile Zola offers an intriguing insight into the mind, the loves, and the politics of the great writer during this tumultuous era in his life.
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The Disappearance of Émile Zola: A Story of Love, Literature, and the Dreyfus Case | Michael Rosen
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Zola headed to the East End of London.. he visited the ‘Rowton lodging-houses, Rothschild almshouses, various sweaters ‘ dens, sundry Jewish homes of Whitechapel, and Italian ones at Saffron Hill‘.(In passing, I can‘t help but note that at this very time several of my own great-grandparents were living in ‘sundry Jewish homes of Whitechapel‘!)
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The Disappearance of Émile Zola: Love, Literature and the Dreyfus Case | Michael Rosen
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Just one chapter in I am already engrossed in this fascinating account of Emile Zola's departure from France following his defeat in the libel case originating from his support for Captain Dreyfus.

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