
A heavy fog clings to the narrow alleys of Whitechapel, where the stench of tobacco, stale beer, and refuse hangs like a pall over the cracked cobbles. In the dead of night a woman's desperate scream pierces the gloom, stirring a rag‑tag crowd of desperate souls from their hidden corners. Their shuffling, half‑curious, half‑terrified, bodies cling to walls and gutters as they scramble toward the source of the cries.
Among the throng emerges the tragic figure of “Queen
Language
en
Duration
~3 hours (216K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by MWS, Martin Pettit and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
Release date
2018-12-01
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
Subjects

1862–1945
A physician, reformer, and prolific writer, she moved easily between poetry, fiction, and social commentary. Her work reflects a restless, wide-ranging mind shaped by medicine, women’s rights activism, and spiritual searching.
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