Ten Days in a Mad-House by Nellie Bly

Ten Days in a Mad-House

Nellie Bly

106 pages first pub 1887 (editions)

nonfiction history memoir psychology dark informative sad fast-paced
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A courageous female journalist’s classic exposé of the horrific treatment of the mentally ill in nineteenth-century America In 1887, Nellie Bly accepted an assignment from publisher Joseph Pulitzer of the New York World and went undercover at the ...

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informative 78%
dark 69%
sad 63%
emotional 33%
challenging 32%
tense 26%
reflective 25%
adventurous 10%
inspiring 10%
mysterious 3%
hopeful 1%

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medium 37%
slow 8%

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