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- 1898 (Creation)
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These files consist of photocopies of handwritten letters, postcards, telegrams as well as some handwritten
transcriptions of letters sent to Émile Zola between June and December of 1898. Most of the earlier letters
dated between July and September discuss Zola’s choice to flee to England to avoid jail time in France. File
293 contains the first piece of mail in this collection from Jeanne Rozerot (Émile Zola’s mistress) – a
telegram sent from Rozerot to Ernest Vizetelly telling him that everything is okay at home, dated July 22, 1898.
There is a big increase in the number of personal correspondence sent to Zola throughout August and
September, by both Alexandrine Zola and the family Laborde (Amélie, Elina and Albert). Alexandrine Zola
writes to Émile Zola almost every other day (although she signs off as Caroline and addresses the letters to "Loulou," her nickname for Zola). This could be because she expresses concerns that her mail is being opened
by “secret police” in a letter to Mme Bruneau.
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Added by S Mohtadi 26 October 2018.