When a boy is murdered in a small French town, the Jewish schoolmaster Simon is convicted on forged evidence while clerical schools and their allies close ranks. His colleague Marc Froment devotes his life to proving the truth, at the cost of his marriage and his peace. Zola transposed the Dreyfus Affair to a village school.
Zola’s last completed novel, published after his death, and his fiercest plea for justice. Download the free EPUB.