Ten Days in a Mad-House

by Nellie Bly

Overview

Nellie Bly, a reporter, feigned madness in order to gain admission to an asylum. It didn't take too much effort for her to be diagnosed as insane, and taken away. In the asylum, she acted normally again, but nobody seemed to notice. If she had not been a reporter, she probably would have been stuck there forever. Her writing is clear, intelligent, humorous, and compassionate. Some of the stories of the asylum residents are heartbreaking, and the conditions sound horrendous.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781481275743
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	12/20/2012
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	108
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.22(d)

About the Author

Nellie Bly (1864-1922) was the pen name of American journalist Elizabeth Jane Cochrane. She remains notable for two feats: a record-breaking trip around the world in emulation of Jules Verne's character Phileas Fogg, and an exposé in which she faked insanity to study a mental institution from within. In addition to her writing, she was also an industrialist and charity worker. She originally intended for her pseudonym to be "Nelly Bly," but her editor wrote "Nellie" by mistake, and the error stuck.

Editorial Reviews

"An important and vital piece of journalism... We need vivid works such as Nellie Bly’s."—Medium

“There should be no doubt in any historian’s mind that Nellie Bly was a pioneer.”—Paste Magazine

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