Length16h 11m
About this audiobook
The insane asylum on Blackwell's Island is a human rat trap. It is easy to get in, but once there it is impossible to get out. —Nellie Bly
Elizabeth Cochrane has a secret.
She isn't the madwoman with amnesia the doctors and inmates at Blackwell's Asylum think she is.
In truth, she's working undercover for the
New York World. When the managing editor refuses to hire her because she's a woman, Elizabeth strikes a deal: in exchange for a job, she'll impersonate a lunatic to expose a local asylum's abuses.
When she arrives at the asylum, Elizabeth realizes she must make a decision—is she there merely to bear witness, or to intervene on behalf of the abused inmates? Can she interfere without blowing her cover? As the superintendent of the asylum grows increasingly suspicious, Elizabeth knows her scheme—and her dream of becoming a journalist in New York—is in jeopardy.
A Feigned Madness is a meticulously researched, fictionalized account of the woman who would come to be known as daredevil reporter Nellie Bly. At a time of cutthroat journalism, when newspapers battled for readers at any cost, Bly emerged as one of the first to break through the gender barrier—a woman who would, through her daring exploits, forge a trail for women fighting for their place in the world.
Audiobook details
GenreHumor, Dystopia
Length16 hrs 11 mins
Narrated byMegan Trout
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateSep 12, 2021
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Openingcredits
19Chap 17
2Prologue
20Chap 18
3Chap 1
21Chap 19
4Chap 2
22Chap 20
5Chap 3
23Chap 21
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6Chap 4
24Chap 22
7Chap 5
25Chap 23
8Chap 6
26Chap 24
9Chap 7
27Chap 25
10Chap 8
28Chap 26
11Chap 9
29Chap 27
12Chap 10
30Chap 28
13Chap 11
31Chap 29
14Chap 12
32Chap 30
15Chap 13
33Chap 31
16Chap 14
34Epilogue
17Chap 15
35Closingcredits
18Chap 16
