Mistress Mary Cape girl’s peril in Boston city life
A sixteen year old Cape District girl leaves home with dreams of easy work in Boston. Stranded by hunger and homelessness, she meets a series of corrupt schemes and a brothel den before officer Griggs intervenes. The tale critiques city advertising and moral hypocrisy in Victorian Boston.
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