Ангел с черным крылом

Deĭstvie romana nachinaetsi͡a v 1880?e gody v trushchobakh Nʹi͡u-Ĭorka, gde chelovek cheloveku - volk i gde net mesta sostradanii͡u, chestnosti i khristianskoĭ morali. Una Kelli - vorovka i moshennit͡sa i ne znaet drugikh sposobov vyzhivanii͡a v ėtom zhestokom mire, krome neuklonnogo sledovanii͡a sobstvennomu svodu pravil. Kogda Unu lozhno obvini͡ai͡ut v ubiĭstve, eĭ udaetsi͡a skrytʹsi͡a i pod chuzhim imenem ustroitʹsi͡a v nedavno otkryvshui͡usi͡a shkolu medsester pri bolʹnit͡se Belʹvʹi͡u, osnovannui͡u na print͡sipakh Florens Naĭtingeĭl. Ona vovse ne sobiraetsi͡a uchitʹsi͡a, eĭ prosto nuzhno zalechʹ na dno i spri͡atatʹsi͡a ot polit͡sii. Odnako po mere raboty v bolʹnit͡se kharakter Uny meni͡aetsi͡a, i ona otkryvaet v sebe sposobnostʹ k sostradanii͡u i dazhe samopozhertvovanii͡u. Chitatʹ dalʹshe…

The novel begins in the 1880s in the slums of New York City, where man is a wolf to man and where there is no place for compassion, honesty and Christian morality. Una Kelly is a thief and a fraud and knows no other way to survive in this cruel world, except by following her own set of rules. When Una is falsely accused of murder, she manages to escape and, under a false name, get a job at the newly opened Bellevue Hospital Nursing school, based on the principles of Florence Nightingale. She's not going to study at all, she just needs to lay low and hide from the police. However, as she works in the hospital, Una's character changes, and she discovers the ability to be compassionate and even self-sacrificing. Read more…