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Bly, Nellie

 
9781528719490: Ten Days in a Mad-House: Feigning Insanity in Order to Reveal Asylum Horrors
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ISBN 10 : 1528719492 ISBN 13 : 9781528719490
Editeur : Read & Co. History, 2021

Synopsis

Pioneering journalist Nellie Bly went undercover in the late 1800s to shed light on the horrific conditions of Victorian mental asylums. This is the eye-opening account of her experience.

Nellie Bly feigned insanity to be admitted to a mental institution with the intent of exposing its awful conditions first-hand. Her account reveals the institution’s inhumane treatment, abuse of power, and unsanitary environment, demonstrating the unnerving ease with which a sane woman is admitted to the hospital and the struggle she faces to escape. The publication of Ten Days in a Mad-House led to an entirely new journalistic approach and launched the stunt girl reporting era.

The chapters in this compelling volume include:

  • A Delicate Mission
  • Pronounced Insane
  • Inside the Mad-House
  • Promenading with Lunatics
  • Incidents of Asylum Life
  • The Grand Jury Investigation

Breathing new life into this fantastic journalistic expose, Ten Days in a Mad-House has been republished by Read & Co. Books featuring an author biography by Frances E. Willard and Mary A. Livermore.

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À propos de l'auteur

Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman (1864-1922) was born Elizabeth Jane Cochran in Pennsylvania, USA. Better known by her pen name, Nellie Bly, the journalist's most famous works include the account of her record-breaking world trip, 'Around the World in Seventy-Two Days' (1890), and her mental institution exposé, 'Ten Days in a Mad-House' (1887), in which she went undercover to reveal the truth about the conditions of asylums. Bly was a pioneering writer, introducing the trend of stunt girl reporting.

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Éditeur
Read & Co. History
Date d'édition
2021
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1528719492
ISBN 13 
9781528719490
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
97
Coordonnées du fabricant
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