Lot 295
The Defender of Dreyfus. Here Speaks Out in Support of Women and Children. Creased across the middle for mailing, with marginal break at one crease. (1840-1902) French writer and critic, leader of the naturalist school. With the publication of La Fortune des Rougons (1871), Zola began his twenty-two-year, twenty-volume experiment in the naturalistic novel entitled Les Rougon-Macquart. Scientific precision and scrupulous attention to detail mark his lengthy portrait of the Rougon-Macquart family. An advocate for social reform, he penned his famous letter in defense of Captain Dreyfus, J'Accuse.
Autograph Statement Signed One and one-half pages, on two leaves. Octavo. On "Savoy Hotel" stationery, London, n.d. This political statement translates approximately as:
"I send all my sorrow and sympathy to the poor women and to the poor children who are suffering from the disputes of men and the social misunderstandings of nations. I have viewed these troubles from a close distance and I have wept about them. May peace be made, in the name of the little children and the mothers."
Signed boldly in black ink.
Estimated Value $800 - 1,200.
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