Little Penny, Child Of The Streets

di David Blixt (Autore)

Nellie Bly (Autore)

Robert Kauzlaric (Autore)

Sordelet Ink, 2021

From the bestselling pen of the original undercover reporter, a novel that was lost for 125 years! Pioneering undercover journalist Nellie Bly is rightly famous for exposing society's ills. From brutal insane asylums to corrupt politicians, she exposed all manner of frauds and charlatans. She was also a skilled interviewer and reporter. What no one has known was that she was also a novelist. This is because, of the twelve novels Bly wrote between 1889 and 1895, eleven have been lost - until now! Discovered by author David Blixt (What Girls Are Good For), Nellie Bly's lost works of fiction are now available for the first time! These are The Lost Novels of Nellie Bly! The Two Beautiful Outcasts Of New York. Little Penny Pendleton, a sweet-hearted girl who needs a crutch to walk, is thrown out of her home after the murder conviction of her foster father. Worse, her dog, her only friend in the world, is killed. Friendless, homeless, she wanders into the night. Aline Gwynne is the haughty daughter of a millionaire, enjoying a perfect life—until her father is threatened with ruin. The man who holds her father in his grasp demands Aline's hand in marriage. Rather than submit, Aline runs away from home. By chance, both young women meet Claude Lansdale, a poor doctor struggling to establish his practice. The handsome, noble young physician takes pity on the pair and houses them with his fiancée, Ray Willard, an ambitious woman who secretly dreams of wealth, and is determined to get it by any means. All three are enamored of the doctor, but all fall into the power of Aline's nemesis, the villainous Felix Arrington, who means to marry Aline and keep Ray as his mistress. Yet Felix holds a secret in his heart that will change the life of . . .**Little Penny, Child Of The Streets! Extra feature: includes the New York World articles that inspired her stories!**

• Autore: David Blixt, Nellie Bly, Robert Kauzlaric
• Anno edizione: 2021
• Editore: Sordelet Ink
• Formato: EPUB3 con DRMFREE
• Compatibilità: Tutti i dispositivi (eccetto Kindle)
• Layout: Reflowable
• EAN: 9781944540869

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