TY - BOOK AU - Delbrel,Sophie TI - Justice in the light of ordinary injustice. Crainquebille by Anatole France PY - 2024///. N1 - 80 N2 - The insult “Mort aux vaches !” (Death to cows!) entered the French language thanks to Crainquebille. The brevity and simplicity of Anatole France’s story have no doubted helped earn it a wide audience. What are less well-known, however, are the close links between Crainquebille and the Dreyfus cause, Anatole France having been a staunch supporter of Dreyfus. Fiction has a part to play in the overall process of anchoring the notion of the Republic in the public’s mind. By doing this, Crainquebille constitutes a political soundbox echoing the writer’s personal commitments, for instance as a founder of the Human Rights League in 1898 UR - https://shs.cairn.info/journal-les-cahiers-de-la-justice-2023-4-page-751?lang=en&redirect-ssocas=7080 ER -