Ten Days in a Madhouse: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Ten Days in a Madhouse, credited to Nellie Bly, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of Ten Days in a Madhouse, by Nellie Bly Read by Alice In 1887 Nellie Bly, one of the first female newspaper writers, and a young reporter who would soon go on to make a career for herself as an investigative journalist and "stunt" reporter, had herself committed to the Blackwell's Island Insane Asylum in New York. Her purpose was to discover what life was like for those who had been deemed insane. She was surprised to discover the depth of mistreatement of the patients. Partially as a result of her reporting, more money was allocated to the asylum and reforms were put into place. (Summary by Alice)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Ten Days in a Madhouse
• Author credits: Nellie Bly
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 8
• Listed recording duration: 2:41:47

Catalogue topics

• madhouse
• nellie bly

Track guide

1. Chapters 1 and 2 — 8:45
2. Chapter 03 — 19:10
3. Chapters 4 and 5 — 19:31
4. Chapter 06 and 07 — 27:15
5. Chapters 8, 9, and 10 — 17:06
6. Chapter 11 and 12 — 27:24
7. Chapters 13 and 14 — 23:50
8. Chapters 15, 16, and 17 — 18:47

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