Subasta Bidspirit | ZOLA EMILE: (1840-1902)

ZOLA EMILE: (1840-1902) - ZOLA EMILE: (1840-1902) French novelist, journalist and playwright. A.L.S., Emile Zola , one page, 8vo, Boulevard Saint-Germain, Paris, 3 rd November 1865, to a gentleman, on the printed stationery of Librairie L. Hachette et Compagnie, in French. Zola informs his correspondent that he has today mailed the new essays as requested and continues 'Puisque vous avez l'obligeance de mettre votre publicite a ma disposition, je vous envoie une petite note que vous pourrez peut-etre glisser quelque part. Mon livre ne paraitra que vers la fin de la semaine prochaine' (Translation: 'Since you have the kindness to put your advertisement at my disposal, I am sending you a little note that you may be able to slip somewhere. My book will not appear until the end of next week' ). Some light age wear and one very small, minimal area of paper loss to the lower left corner, VG Before his breakthrough as a writer Zola worked in the sales department of the publisher Hachette. His sordid autobiographical novel La Confession de Claude (1865), mentioned in the present letter, attracted the attention of the police and resulted in Hachette dismissing Zola from his job.