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Author Zola, Émile, 1840-1902
LoC No. 2015374243
Title The trial of Emile Zola: containing M. Zola's letter to President Faure relating to the Dreyfus case, and a full report of the fifteen days' proceedings in the Assize Court of the Seine, including testimony of witnesses and speeches of counsel
Original Publication United States: Benj. R. Tucker,1898.
Note Reading ease score: 70.3 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Note Translation in part of Le procès Zola devant la Cour d'Assises de la Seine (7 Fevrier - 23 Fevrier 1898), and of J'accuse.
Credits Emmanuel Ackerman, Thomas Frost and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https: //www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.)
Summary "The Trial of Emile Zola: containing M. Zola's letter to President Faure..." is a detailed historical account published in the late 19th century that chronicles the trial of the famed French author Emile Zola. The text serves not only to report on the legal proceedings Zola faced for his infamous open letter, "J'accuse," but also to provide a comprehensive look into the broader context of the Dreyfus Affair—an emblematic case concerning anti-Semitism, justice, and the integrity of the French military and judicial systems. The beginning of the book sets the stage for Zola's trial by outlining the background of Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish army officer wrongfully convicted of treason, and Zola's subsequent defense of him through his letter to French President Félix Faure, which accused the military of a grave miscarriage of justice. This letter triggered a legal backlash against Zola, leading to charges of libel against him. The opening sections lay out the intricate details of the Dreyfus case, the personalities involved, including soldiers and journalists, and illustrate Zola's passionate commitment to exposing the truth and fighting for justice in the face of overwhelming institutional corruption and public sentiment. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Language English
LoC Class KJ: Law in general, Comparative and uniform law, Jurisprudence: Europe
Subject Dreyfus, Alfred, 1859-1935
Subject Zola, Émile, 1840-1902 -- Trials, litigation, etc.
Subject Trials (Seditious libel) -- France -- History -- 19th century
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EBook-No. 68561
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Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
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