Pernicious Literature
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"Pernicious literature: debate in the House of Commons : trial and conviction for sale of Zola's novels. With opinions of the press" (1889) is a pamphlet by the National Vigilance Association.
It consisted of MP Samuel Smith's House of Commons oratory with an appeal for 'a healthy public opinion' necessary 'to enable this
- "Zolaism is a disease. It is a study of the putrid. . . . No one can read Zola without moral contamination. ... The National Vigilance Association, "Pernicious Literature" (1889) citing The Methodist Times's response to the Vizetelly trial
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