"I love freedom of opinion too much, and I myself say what I think too clearly, not to find it good to be judged as one sees fit. Please therefore keep your absolute freedom. It is the only way to be agreeable to me."
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Emile Zola (1840.1902)
Autograph letter signed to a fellow journalist.
One page in-8°.
Medan. October 7, 1879.
« So please keep your absolute freedom. »
Émile Zola, who was about to publish Nana , proclaimed the absolute necessity of freedom of expression: he intended to be delivered to free criticism.
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“Sir and dear colleague,
You didn't need permission. I love freedom of opinion too much, and I myself say what I think too clearly, not to find it good to be judged as one sees fit.
Please therefore maintain your absolute freedom. It is the only way to be agreeable to me. Sincerely, Emile Zola.
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The ninth volume of the Rougon-Macquart series, Nana, was initially published as a serial in Le Voltaire from October 16, 1879 to February 5, 1880, then as a volume by Georges Charpentier in February 1880.