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Nellie Bly

Born

in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, The United States

May 05, 1864

Died

January 27, 1922

Genre

Nonfiction, Travel, Investigative Journalism

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Nellie Bly (1864-1922) was the pen name of pioneer female journalist Elizabeth Jane Cochran. She remains notable for two feats: a record-breaking trip around the world, in emulation of Jules Verne's character Phileas Fogg (Bly completed the trip in seventy-two days) 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. Bly died of pneumonia at St. Mark's Hospital in New York City in 1922 aged 57.

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Nellie Bly’s books

Average rating: 3.84 · 27,959 ratings · 3,231 reviews · 114 distinct works • Similar authors

	Ten Days in a Mad-House 3.86 avg rating — 24,317 ratings — published 1887 — 524 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Around the World in 72 Days 3.63 avg rating — 1,600 ratings — published 1890 — 97 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Complete Works of Nellie Bly: Ten Days in a Mad-House, Around the World in Seventy-Two Days and More 3.80 avg rating — 529 ratings — published 2010 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ten Days in a Mad-House: The Original 1887 Edition 4.01 avg rating — 182 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Trying to be a Servant: Followed by Nellie Bly as a White Slave 3.54 avg rating — 109 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ten Days in A Mad-House and Other Stories (Annotated): This Edition Includes Nellie Bly's Articles Nellie Bly In Jail, In the Greatest New York Tenement, and In Trinity's Tenements 3.89 avg rating — 79 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Профессия: репортерка. "Десять дней в сумасшедшем доме" и другие статьи основоположницы расследовательской журналистики 4.04 avg rating — 53 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Six Months in Mexico 3.41 avg rating — 58 ratings — published 1888 — 57 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Les Fabuleuses Aventures de Nellie Bly by Nellie Bly, Hélène Cohen (Translator) 3.29 avg rating — 58 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Mystery of Central Park 3.45 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 2014 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Nellie Bly

The Lost Novels of Nellie Bly (11 books)
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Quotes by Nellie Bly (?)

“Energy rightly applied and directed will accomplish anything.”
― Nellie Bly

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“I said I could and I would. And I did.”
― Nellie Bly, Ten Days in a Mad-House

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“It is only after one is in trouble that one realizes how little sympathy and kindness there are in the world.”
― Nellie Bly, Ten Days in a Mad-House

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Polls

June 2018 Short Story/Novella Poll

Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett, 1953, 109 pages

84 votes, 26.6%

Ten Days in a Mad-House by Nellie Bly, 1887, 92 pages

69 votes, 21.8%

The Return of the Soldier by Rebecca West, 1918, 112 pages

61 votes, 19.3%

The Overcoat by Nikolai Gogol, 1842, 48 pages

57 votes, 18.0%

The Diary of Lady Murasaki by Murasaki Shikibu, 1010, 90 pages

45 votes, 14.2%

316 total votes

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