Notes from exile

On July 19th, 1898, Emile Zola arrived in England after fleeing imprisonment in France.

He was to spend 11 months in self-imposed exile because of his involvement in the Dreyfus Affair.

During this time, the family of his English translator, Ernest Alfred Vizetelly, took care of his everyday needs.

While in Britain, Zola wrote a short text entitled "Pages d'Exil" in which he talked about his feelings regarding England, exile and other matters.;Dorothy Spiers and Yannick Portebois, in collaboration with Ernest Alfred Vizetelly's last surviving grandson, have here reproduced those photographs with this English translation, fully annotated of "Pages d'Exil".

The photographs, of landscapes, churches and street scenes, represent a major contribution to the collection of Zola photographs, many of which are today largely inaccessible.

Together the text and the photographs should be of interest to anyone who enjoys Zola's work and to scholars of French history and the Dreyfus Affair.