Around the World in Seventy-Two Days: The 1890 Record-Breaking World Travel Adventure Book

by Nellie Bly

133 pages, Hardcover

Published May 4, 2024

About the author

Nellie Bly (1864-1922) was the pen name of pioneer female journalist Elizabeth Jane Cochran. She remains notable for two feats: a record-breaking trip around the world, in emulation of Jules Verne's character Phileas Fogg (Bly completed the trip in seventy-two days) and an exposé, in which she faked insanity to study a mental institution from within. In addition to her writing, she was also an industrialist and charity worker. Bly died of pneumonia at St. Mark's Hospital in New York City in 1922 aged 57.

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Reviews

[Katie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nellie Bly writes her journey in a way that is incredibly witty and charming. There were moments that genuinely made me laugh out loud. The book is a product of its time at parts, which can be a bit shocking (not in a good way) but if you take those sections for what they are, a historical opinion, then they’re really not that bad.