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3.5 Anatole France

THE DREYFUS AFFAIR – A NATIONAL RECKONING 
Anatole France was one of the country’s most respected writers and he would become the conscience the Republic had been missing. We draw to the conclusion of the Affair.  
What does it mean for France, for the Dreyfusards and for Alfred Dreyfus? 
Sources and reading  
Marie‑Claire Bancquart, Anatole France: La vie littéraire (1984) 
Michel Winock, Le Siècle des intellectuels (1997) 
Émile Bréhier, Histoire de la philosophie (for context on France’s philosophical influences) 
David Bellos, The Novel of the Century (2017) 
Anatole France’s own essays and speeches (1890s) 
Anatole France | Nobel Prize Winner, French Novelist & Poet | Britannica 
Anatole France (Author of The Gods Will Have Blood) - Goodreads 
Academie Francaise The Funeral of Anatole France 
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3.4 Felix Faure

THE DREYFUS AFFAIR: DENIED BY A PRESIDENT  
Felix Faure became President of the Republic in January 1895, just weeks after Alfred Dreyfus was convicted. He was elected because he was seen as safe and predictable. He was not a reformer. He was not interested in challenging institutions. He was not associated with any major scandals, yet at least. 
Sam Aronow - The Dreyfus Affair  
Félix Faure | French Republic, Politics, Legacy | Britannica 
Biography Central Margurite Steinheil 
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3.3 Jaures

THE DREYFUS AFFAIR: THE SOCIALIST INTEREST 
Jean Jaures is a political icon, remembered today as a socialist leader, a defender of workers, and one of the strongest advocates for Alfred Dreyfus. 
Sources and Reading 
Zeev Sternhell, Jaurès et la naissance du socialisme républicain (1983) 
Harvey Goldberg, The Life of Jean Jaurès (1962) 
Geoffrey Kurtz, Jean Jaurès: The Inner Life of Social Democracy (2014) 
Madeleine Rebérioux, Jaurès : La politique et la légende (1975) 
Sudhir Hazareesingh, Political Traditions in Modern France (1994) 
Jean Jaurès, Histoire socialiste de la Révolution française (1901–1907) 
Sam Aronow - The Dreyfus Affair  
The Socialist Interest by Jean Jaures 1898 
The Radical Tea Towel The Assassination of Jean Jaures 
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3.2 Avenue Emile Zola

THE DREYFUS AFFAIR: J'ACCUSE!
As the situation unfolded with Dreyfus and new evidence came to light, Zola reached his limit of what he could morally tolerate from the lying establishment. By this time, Emile Zola was already a very famous novelist, and he was about to expose the truth to a country that didn’t want to hear it.  
Sources 
Sam Aronow The Dreyfus Affair  
Emile Zola Brittanica 
CNRS How the Dreyfus Affair Went Global 
J'accuse Letter to the President of the Republic by Emile Zola 1898 - A must read! 
Hachette 
Émile Zola (Author of Germinal) - Goodreads 
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3.1 Champs-Elysée Clemenceau Pt2

THE CHAMPS-ELYSEE AND THE BELLE EPOQUE 
In this BONUS episode, the Belle Epoque comes to life. The Third republic was a period of social and economic prosperity, and nowhere displayed this, quite like the most beautiful avenue in the world.  
Sources 
Belle Époque or the "Beautiful Age" in France 
Paris Digest - Champs-Elysée Facts 
Everything Explained - The Belle Epoque 
French Moments- The Grand Palais and Petit Palais 
Brittanica Elysium Greek Mythology 
The Good Life France - History of the Champs Elysée 
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3.1 Champs-Elysée Clemenceau Pt1

THE DREYFUS AFFAIR: CLEMENCEAU AND THE THIRD REPUBLIC 
In Season 3 we visit five stations and five men whose lives intersected at the Dreyfus Affair.  
Episode 1 sees George Clemenceau fighting for the newly established Third Republic, giving the foundation of a story of a scandal that divided France for nearly a decade.  
Sources 
Sam Aronow - The Dreyfus Affair 
Georges Clemenceau summary | Britannica 
Georges Clemenceau | French Prime Minister & WWI Leader | Britannica 
Panama Scandal Panama Scandal | Corruption, Bribery & Fraud | Britannica 
Treaty of Versailles 1919 
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How Do Metro Stations Get Their Names?

I say it every week, we stop by stations named after artists, intellects, innovators; every station's name is a signal or memory pinned to a place. 
Listeners have me asked about how the metro stations get their names, who decides and what the criteria are so, in this inter season -bonus episode, we find out.  
Sources 
Metro: where does the iconic white tiling found in every station come from? - Sortiraparis.com 
Are you familiar with... the friezes in the metro? | Behind-the-scenes 
What about the iconic Street-Name Plaques of Paris? - French Moments 
Wikipedia - List of Metro Stations 
The secrets behind the Paris Metro station names  
Where do Paris Metro stations get their names? - CityMonitor 
12 metro names explained | Un jour de plus à Paris 
16 things you might not know about the names of Paris metro stations | Fabric of Paris 
grandparisexpress.fr 
Les Echos Paris Secret 
 
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S2.10 Bobigny–Pantin–Raymond Queneau

Bobigny–Pantin–Raymond Queneau is a station at the north end of line 5. 
Raymond Queneau believed words were toys—tools for invention and discovery. Philosopher, writer and co-founder of Oulipo, Queneau didn’t just write novels—he rewrote the very idea of what a novel could be. 
Oulipo – Wikipedia Wikipedia 
Fnac Site Gallimard Radio France 
Le petit lecteur 
EBSCO Research Starter – Oulipo EBSCO 
Tetragrammaton – Creativity of Limitation tetragrammaton.com 
Gilliam Writers Group – Oulipo’s Legacy gilliamwritersgroup.com 
Oxford Academic – The Oulipo and Modern Thought Oxford Academic 
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S2.9 Villejuif- Louis Aragon

Villejuif- Louis Aragon is the last eastern station on line 7. 
He will reinvent himself again and again — Dadaist provocateur, Surrealist visionary, communist soldier‑poet, Resistance hero, loyal Party intellectual, and finally the man who questioned the very ideology he once defended. 
 
Sources:
Louis Aragon | Surrealist poet, novelist, playwright | Britannica 
Courte biographie de Louis Aragon 
Biographie de Louis Aragon 
Louis Aragon | The Poetry Foundation 
Louis Aragon – Left in Paris 
ARAGON, Louis (1897-1982) | Le Manuscrit FrançaisLe Manuscrit Français 
Elsa Triolet dans la Résistance - Comité Départemental du Souvenir des Fusillés de Châteaubriant de Nantes et de la Résistance en Loire-Inférieure 
 Triolet, Elsa (1896–1970) | Encyclopedia.com 
Elsa Triolet (Author of Roses à crédit) 
Khrushchev’s secret speech | Facts, Date, & Significance | Britannica 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Aragon 
 en.wikipedia.org 
 
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S2.8 Picpus – Courteline

Picpus is a station on line 6  
Georges Courteline (1858–1929) was a French satirist, playwright, and novelist, famous for his biting humor and sharp critiques of bureaucracy and middle-class life. 
25 juin 1929 : Mort de Georges Courteline | SavoirsetCulture.fr 
Georges Courteline | Satirist, Playwright, Humorist | Britannica 
Archives of Seine-et-Marne. 
Libre Théâtre 
EBSCO 
L'Officiel des spectacles THEATREonline.com. 
jds.fr 
Babelio SchoolMouv. 
Bibliothèque Numérique TV5MONDE. 
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