“Some call this equality.” #nelliebly

Memo to self: you really should start making a note about where you’ve heard about a particular book as it’s rare that the information remains in your head!! The book I want to share my thoughts about today is one I picked as long ago as 2015 and I have no idea where it or its author first appeared in my sight-line. The title is “Around the World in Seventy-Two Days and Other Writings” by Nellie Bly, and my edition is a US Penguin Classic; but why I felt moved at that point to pick it up is anyone’s guess! However, I decided it should come off the TBR recently, and it did make interesting reading – although I do have some caveats! Nellie Bly (1864-1922) was a pioneering American journalist who kick-started the ‘stunt girl’ reporting (a kind of early tabloid-style journalism) with her spectacular stories and headline grabbing exploits. Yet, although she’s regarded as something of a trailblazer, it seems (from the foreword by Maureen Corrigan), that she’s more read *about* than actually…