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Death of Emile Zola: September 20th, 1902. (Months Past).(Brief Article)

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From: History Today
Date: 20020901
Author:Cavendish, Richard

THE MOST famous French writer of his day died at sixty-two in curious circumstances. Emile Zola and his wife Alexandrine returned to their house in the rue de Bruxelles in Paris on September 28th from a spell in the country. It was wet and cold, and a smokeless coal fire was lit in their bedroom for the night. They slept with the window shut and Zola locked the door, as he always did. Many death threats had been made against him in the last few years. Without realising what was happening, the two of them were slowly overcome by carbon monoxide fumes. At three in the morning they ...

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