Diary Written in the Provincial Lunatic Asylum

By Pengilly, Mary Huestis

Book Id: WPLBN0002951731
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File Size: 28.76 MB
Reproduction Date: 2011

Title:	Diary Written in the Provincial Lunatic Asylum
Author:	Pengilly, Mary Huestis
Volume:
Language:	English
Subject:	Non-fiction, Biography
Collections:	Audio Books Collection, Diary Written in the Provincial Lunatic Asylum
Historic Publication Date:	1885
Publisher:	LibriVox Audio Books


Citation APA MLA Chicago Huestis Pengilly, B. M. (1885). Diary Written in the Provincial Lunatic Asylum. Retrieved from http://www.self.gutenberg.org/

Description
Mary Pengilly was taken to a Lunatic Asylum by her sons where she kept a diary, which this book is taken from. Mary records the harsh conditions and treatments received at the hands of the nurses during her stay. Once Mary is released she takes it upon herself to make the authorities aware of the situation at the Provincial Lunatic Asylum. (Summary by Elaine Webb)

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Electronic recorded live performance of a reading

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Biography