Ten Days in a Mad-House by Nellie Bly

Ten Days in a Mad-House

Nellie Bly

76 pages first pub 1887 (editions)

nonfiction history memoir psychology dark informative sad fast-paced
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Ten Days in a Mad-House by Nellie Bly. The book was based on articles written while Bly was on an undercover assignment for the New York World, feigning insanity at a women's boarding house, so as to be involuntarily committed to an insane asylum....

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Moods

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

Pace

fast 54%
medium 37%
slow 8%

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