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100 1 _aZola, Émile,
_d1840-1902
245 1 0 _aJ'accuse...!
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2025
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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_2rdacarrier
500 _aWikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%27Accuse...!
500 _aRelease date is 2025-05-08
508 _aClaudine Corbasson and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica))
520 _a"J'accuse...! by Émile Zola" is an open letter written during the late 19th century. This work is a political and journalistic essay, first published as a newspaper article, and it belongs to the genre of public letters and political tracts. Written at a moment of great social and political turmoil in France, the piece addresses the infamous Dreyfus Affair, in which a Jewish army officer, Alfred Dreyfus, was wrongfully convicted of treason. The main topic of the book is the miscarriage of justice and the exposure of corruption and antisemitism within the French military and government. The content of "J'accuse...!" takes the form of a direct address to the French President, Félix Faure, in which Zola systematically lays out the facts and the chain of responsibility for the wrongful conviction of Dreyfus. Zola accuses key military officials and experts of deceit, collusion, and incompetence, asserting that Dreyfus's conviction was engineered through a mix of fabrications, prejudice, and the protection of institutional interests. He denounces both the secretive judicial process and the campaign of misinformation orchestrated by the army’s leadership. Throughout, Zola demands accountability and insists on the unstoppable march of truth, courageously risking prosecution for defamation to prompt justice and reform. The letter stands as a powerful call for justice, enlightenment, and the protection of individual rights against institutional wrongdoing. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cParis: L'Aurore, 1898
653 _aFrance -- Politics and government -- 1870-1940
653 _aDreyfus, Alfred, 1859-1935
653 _aEsterhazy, Ferdinand Walsin, 1847-1923
653 _aTreason -- France -- History -- 19th century
653 _aAntisemitism -- France -- History -- 19th century
856 4 _uhttps://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k701453s/f1.double
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76045
999 _c116770
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