The Dreyfus Affair: "J`Accuse" and Other Writings

by Emile Zola (Author), Alain Pagès (Editor), Eleanor Levieux (Translator)

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In September 1894 the French authorities intercepted a letter which they claimed emanated from a Jewish army captain, Alfred Dreyfus, which they claimed to be proof of espionage on behalf of Germany. Dreyfus was subsequently court-martialed and imprisoned on Devil's Island, and the efforts of his family to have him released provoked an anti-Semitic controversy that split the French intellectual world down the center. Most famous among the participants was France's greatest living novelist, Emile Zola. This book is the first to provide, in English translation, the full extent of Zola's writings on the Dreyfus affair. It represents, in its polemical entirety, a classic defense of human rights and a searing denunciation of fanaticism and prejudice.

The book opens with the complete text of "J'Accuse," Zola's public letter to the French authorities. It also includes impassioned "open letters" to leading French newspapers, interviews with Zola at his home, intimate letters to his wife and friends written during his year-long exile in England (a direct result of three trials and a prison sentence for his part in the defense of Dreyfus), and his final articles, written when Dreyfus was close to being pardoned. Zola's texts constitute a unique and outstandingly eloquent primary source that is essential for a complete understanding of the Dreyfus affair. They shed brilliant new light on the official mind of France and were crucial in reversing public opinion, securing a retrial, and ensuring Dreyfus's rehabilitation. The significance of Zola's cause—and his scathing and passionate prose—resonate from his time to ours.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ 0300073674
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Yale University Press (February 17, 1998)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 244 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9780300073676
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0300073676
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.01 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.98 x 0.65 x 8.82 inches

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Reviewed in the United States on October 16, 2018

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This is a fascinating collection of Zola letters written between 1896 and 1900 to a variety of people, including the famous “J’Accuse” to the president of the Republic. Even if you have never read anything by Zola, the highly readable 24-page introduction by the editor, Alain Pages, will fill you in on who Zola was and what was going on in France during the Dreyfus Affair.

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The Dreyfus Affair

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This is a must for anyone interested in French Jewish history.

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The veiw from a witness.

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This book should open your eyes to todays events also, the hatred that the Hebrew people face is mindboggling. This should show you how government's like our own are trying to tear down Ysreal.

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Denis Benchimol Minev

COMPLETE COLLECTION OF ZOLA'S LETTERS DURING DREYFUS AFFAIR

Reviewed in the United States on March 27, 2005

Emile Zola is today the most well known "fighter" in the war to clear Alfred Dreyfus' name in what became known as the Dreyfus Affair in 1890s France. This book compiles Zola's letters (public and not) during this period, with the most famous being J'Accuse, one that earned him a conviction along with stiff fines that eroded his fortune.

Zola is very passionate in Dreyfus' defense, though his passion never leaves behind a devastating logic that made it so difficult to ignore. This is an amazing defense of religious freedom and justice, against prejudice and hatred. Zola manages to weaken, in time, two of the most powerful institution in France at the time: the military and the church. Ten years later the military would no longer play as significant a role in French life, and by 1905 France would pass the law separating Church and State.

After reading the letters, one is filled with Zola's enthusiasm and idealism. Makes one want to go fight injustice and make this a better world. There are very few books about which this can be said.

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Boris Zubry

HISTORY

Reviewed in the United States on August 31, 2002

This is an excellent presentation of historical events by a contemporary.

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