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In 1883 he launched another weekly, Old Cap. He published the Allan Quatermain adventures, and 25 short novels based on the life of French highwayman Claude Duval. While Norman never had the literary heft of his brother’s imprint, he found success publishing Irish novels, Indian novels, romance novels, what have you. George filed a lawsuit over use of the family name, but the courts ruled for Norman, claiming he had as much right to the name Munro as George did). Direct competition caused a rift between the siblings, who are said to have never spoken to each other again except through lawyers (when George began publishing cheap versions of classic books, Norman followed suit, naming his imprint, Munro’s Library. Tagging along, Norman worked for his older brother until 1873, when he decided to go it alone and launched his own rival weekly, the New York Family Story Paper. It was a smash, and the foundation of an international publishing empire. After college, George moved to New York City and worked at the American News Company until he amassed enough capital to launch his own weekly publication, The Fireside Companion, in 1867. The brothers Munro were born and raised in Nova Scotia. Ten, fifteen, and twenty-five cent novels were gobbled up by a hungry audience, most of them women, and George Munro made a fortune feeding their appetite for every kind of story. George was one of the pioneers of the Victorian-era wave of cheap books for the masses. Munro, brother of famed publisher George Munro.  Ornament 6 Ornament 6īly’s publisher was Norman L. I thought I might find a contract with another author, or perhaps some old balance sheets. But lacking a Publisher’s Weekly to report book deals in 1887, I started following the paper trail of the publisher himself. Trouble was, I had no idea how much money she was offered.įortunately, I knew the name of the original publisher, as well as the date of publication. In order to catch up my readers on where the events of the story fell, I wanted to kick off with Bly receiving an offer from a publisher for that very book. That experience had been turned into a book, Ten Days In A Mad-House, a terrific and horrifying read that remains hugely influential to this day (the nurses she describes were evidently the basis for Nurse Ratched in Ken Kesey’s One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest). My new story took place immediately after the exposé that made her a household name, her ten days spent as an inmate in the insane asylum on Blackwell’s Island.
I was working on a short-story follow-up to What Girls Are Good For, my 2018 novel following the early career of groundbreaking undercover reporter Nellie Bly. It was the first day of December, 2019, and like Alice, I was down a rabbit hole. When Bly penned this novel in 1889, her invented ending could not predict the strange twists of fate life had in store for the real- Eva The Adventuress! Read more Her conviction for attempted murder was only the beginning of a bizarre and lurid tale of purchased babies, scheming lovers, a mysterious drowning, a fortune at stake, and a turn upon the stage! This volume also includes original articles from the real-life Eva Hamilton Scandal as it unfolded across years. Yet the past cannot let her go, and Eva discovers that in the battle between love and revenge, only one can triumph. Her quest is derailed by the genuine love of a scion of a famous family. She soon discovers he has tricked her, their marriage is a lie! Alone in New York, a "fallen woman," Eva sets off down a path of vengeance on all those who have wronged her. Because, of the twelve novels Bly wrote between 18, eleven have been lost - until now! Newly discovered by author David Blixt ( What Girls Are Good For, The Master Of Verona), Nellie Bly's lost works of fiction are available for the first time! These are The Lost Novels of Nellie Bly!Įva The Adventuress! Nellie Bly's second novel was ripped from the headlines of 1889! Inspired by her electric interview with convicted criminal Eva Hamilton (wife to the great-grandson of Alexander Hamilton), Nellie Bly's second novel, Eva The Adventuress, is a blockbuster of the fury of a woman scorned.īorn into poverty, beautiful Eva Scarlett rescues a handsome stranger from a mob, trusting him to marry her. From brutal insane asylums to corrupt politicians, she used the pages of the New York World to bring down all manner of frauds, cheats, and charlatans. What no one knows is that Nellie Bly was also a novelist. Pioneering undercover journalist Nellie Bly is rightly famous for exposing society's ills. Available for the first time in 125 years, the Lost Novels Of Nellie Bly!
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