For 10 points name this author of Nana and Germinal, who also published a letter about the wrongful conviction of Alfred Dreyfus, J'Accuse.
This man wrote of "The Influence of Money in Literature" and "The Experimental Novel." In one of this author's works, the central character is fascinated by the lives of the saints and dies after kissing her husband for the first time; the titular physician of another of this author's works discovers a serum that cures hereditary diseases. In addition to The Dream and Doctor Pascal, this author wrote of the descendants of Tante Dide, including a train driver who kills women he is attracted to, that man's brother, who associates with the anarchist Souvarine and leads a coal miners' strike, and a prostitute who destroys men's lives before dying of smallpox. For 10 points name this author of Nana and Germinal, who also published a letter about the wrongful conviction of Alfred Dreyfus, J'Accuse.
This man wrote of "The Influence of Money in Literature" and "The Experimental Novel."
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