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狂人病院の十日間のあらすじ

著者：ネリー・ブライ

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Nellie Bly fakes madness to enter Blackwell’s Island asylum, and finds the women inside are not all mad.

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初版刊行年: 1887by ネリー・ブライ

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狂人病院の十日間 in short

Ten Days in a Mad-House tells how a young reporter has herself declared insane, lives for ten days among the patients of Blackwell's Island, and then tells the city what she saw. At each stop, a few quick questions decide a woman's fate. You keep a clear picture of three things.

What 狂人病院の十日間 is about

What would you do if every sensible word you spoke made doctors surer that you were mad? On September 22, the New York newspaper called the World asks a young reporter a blunt question. Can she get herself locked inside an asylum for the insane and write down what really goes on there? She says she can, and she does.

Ten Days in a Mad-House is her own account, written by Nellie Bly, the pen name of a daring newspaper reporter. She goes in under the name Nellie Brown. You get a first-hand picture of how easily a poor woman could be declared insane, and what life behind the bolts and bars was like.

対象読者. Readers who love true stories of daring, undercover reporting, social reform and women's history. It suits anyone curious how one newspaper article changed how a city cared for its most helpless people.

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A reporter takes on a dangerous assignment
The book opens with a challenge. The editor of the World asks whether Bly can fool the doctors, live among the insane for a week, and write down what she sees. He wants things written up as they are, good or bad. His one worry is her habit of smiling all the time.
She plans everything herself. She takes the name Nellie Brown, because the initials match her own and her laundry marks, so the paper can trace her if trouble comes. At night she stands before a mirror, opening her eyes wide and staring without blinking, because she has read that mad people stare. The sight frightens even her.
At dawn she sets out for the Temporary Home for Females on Second Avenue. She adds one rule that matters through the whole book. Once inside, she will not act insane. She talks and behaves as she does every day. Yet the more sensibly she speaks, the crazier everyone thinks she is.
Bly's method is to be herself.
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One night shows how kindness is scarce
At the Temporary Home, Bly pays thirty cents for a bed and sits in a gloomy back parlor.
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A kind judge and a quick ruling
In the morning, the assistant matron wants Bly out of the house.
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Bellevue, where doctors guess and patients freeze
The ambulance takes Bly to Bellevue Hospital and the insane pavilion.
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Hall Six begins with a cold bath
On the Island, Bly sees stone buildings, long lawns and a kitchen that smells so bad she holds her breath.
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Cold rooms, bad food and endless sitting
Hall Six holds forty-five women, and the days follow one pattern.
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Sane women, cruel nurses and doctors who look away
As Bly gets to know the women, she meets many who seem sane.
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A release, a Grand Jury and real change
By now Bly has her proof.
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Two more reports on how women work
The book closes with two shorter pieces in the same spirit.
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『狂人病院の十日間』についての質問

What is Ten Days in a Mad-House about?

It is Nellie Bly's first-hand account of pretending to be insane so she could enter the women's asylum on Blackwell's Island, live among the patients for ten days, and report how they were fed, clothed and treated.

Is Ten Days in a Mad-House a true story?

Yes, it is a work of reporting. Bly wrote it as a journalist for the New York World, using the name Nellie Brown, and she swore to its truth before a Grand Jury, which then visited the island.

Why did Nellie Bly call herself Nellie Brown?

She chose the false name because its initials matched her own name and her laundry marks. That let her paper trace her movements and help her if she ran into trouble or danger.

What happened after the book was published?

The Grand Jury backed her account and recommended the changes she proposed. According to Bly, New York City then set aside one million dollars more each year than before for the care of people with mental illness.

Is Ten Days in a Mad-House easy to read?

Yes in its style, which is plain and direct. Bly writes in short scenes with lively dialogue, dry humor and clear detail, so the story moves quickly and the people stay easy to follow.

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Bly, Nellie. Ten Days in a Mad-House. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/ten-days-in-a-mad-house.

Bly, N. (2026). Ten days in a mad-house. Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/ten-days-in-a-mad-house (Original work published 1887)

Bly, Nellie. Ten Days in a Mad-House. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/ten-days-in-a-mad-house.

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  author = {Bly, Nellie},
  title = {Ten Days in a Mad-House},
  publisher = {Library of Alexandria},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/ten-days-in-a-mad-house},
  note = {First published 1887}
}