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ZOLA EMILE: (1840-1902) - ‘je refuse’   ZOLA EMILE: (1840-1902) French novelist, journalist and playwright. A.L.S., Emile Zola , two pages (written to the first and third sides of the bifolium), 8vo, Paris, 9 th December 1883, to a lady, in French. Zola apologise for the long delay in replying to his correspondent, owing to his work and the fact that he could not provide a good answer, explaining 'J'ai fouille mes lettres, et toutes celles que j'ai trouvees de Flaubert, sont si intimes, si peu interessantes pour le public, qu'il est vraiment impossible de les publier. Il ne m'y parle que de mes livres, et je refuse absolument de livrer a l'impression ces reclames posthumes' (Translation: 'I searched my letters, and all those I found from Flaubert are so intimate, so uninteresting for the public, that it is really impossible to publish them. He only speaks to me about my books, and I absolutely refuse to publish these posthumous advertisements' ) and further continuing 'Je crois bien en avoir quelques autres, plus interessantes; mais je n'ai pu les retrouver. Je chercherai encore. Si la correspondance ne parait pas tout de suite, il se peut que je vous envoie quelque chose. Seulement ne comptez pas sur moi, car en verite ce que je puis avoir n'ajoutera rien au volume' (Translation: 'I believe I have a few others, more interesting; but I could not find them. I will search again. If the correspondence does not appear immediately, I may send you something. Just don't count on me, because in truth what I can have won't add anything to the volume' ). VG Gustave Flaubert (1821-1880) French novelist. An ink annotation to the verso of the letter indicates that Zola's correspondent was Caroline Commanville, the niece of Flaubert.