Je M'Accuse... [I Accuse Myself...], written by Léon Bloy and published in 1900, is a blistering, unforgiving, and often hilarious attack on Émile Zola, the founder of the Naturalist movement of French literature, and famous internationally for his participation in the Dreyfus Affair through his open letter, "J'Accuse...!", addressed to Félix Faure, then President of the French Third Republic, and which was published (in 1898) on the front page of Aurore magazine.

Je M'Accuse... is also a scathing attack on, and criticism of, two of Zola's (then) recent novels, Lourdes and Fecundity. Lovers of Zola will find little to appreciate here, but admirers of Bloy will be rolling on the floor laughing. Staunch, satirical, atrabilious, and intransigent Catholic writer, Léon Bloy, always ready for a good (literary) fight, enters the ring punching – against Zola and for Catholicism.

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