Emile Zola, the author of "Germinal", insatiably curious, wants to discover the mysterious invention of an acquaintance.
- Letter written and signed by Emile Zola.
- One page.
- In French.
- 13 cm x 20 cm.
- Paris, March 15, 1896.
- Good condition of conservation.
- Unique piece.
Paris, March 15, 1996.
Dear Sir,
I am very grateful for your information and one day I will allow myself to accept your invitation to observe your device in operation. I will be sure to inform you two days in advance.
Please accept, sir, the assurance of my distinguished sentiments.
Emile Zola.
Here, Emile Zola thanks the recipient for some information and expresses his willingness to accept the invitation to see "the device in action" .
Émile Zola (1840 - 1902) was one of the most important writers in French literature. The son of an Italian engineer, he grew up in Aix-en-Provence, where he became friends with the famous painter Paul Cezanne and, later, with the painter Edouard Manet. However, convinced of his talent as a writer, he decided to dedicate himself to literature and began as a journalist, writing columns for newspapers, in which he showed himself to be politically engaged.
His most famous text is the open letter entitled "J'accuse" (I Accuse) , published on the front page of the Parisian newspaper L'Aurore in 1898. In it, Emile Zola accused the French government of anti-Semitism against Captain Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish officer in the French army who had been convicted of treason.
Influenced by Honoré de Balzac's "Comedie humaine" , another great reference in French literature, Emile Zola wrote the series "Les Rougon-Macquart ", composed of 20 novels, the best known being "Germinal" (1885) which describes, in very precise detail, the terrible living conditions of workers in a coal mine in France.
In this letter, whose recipient is not identified, Emile Zola shows his interest in learning about an invention, a very important aspect of the writer's personality. The son of an engineer and inventor of naturalism, Zola always showed an interest in new techniques, scientific research and inventions, a taste that is clearly evident in his works.
