Ravenia; or, The Outcast Redeemed
| Title | Ravenia; or, The Outcast Redeemed |
| Year of Publication | 1872 |
| Publication Type | Novel |
| Number of Pages or Episodes | 251 p. |
| Language | English |
| Authors | Nelles, Annie [Hamilton] |
| Publisher | Commonwealth Printing Company's Press |
| City | Topeka, KS |
| Keywords | boarding schools; child abuse; foster care; orphans; physicians |
| Abstract | Ravenia Martin struggles against her abusive foster parents until being rescued by a Kittanning doctor who sends her to boarding school in Central Pennsylvania. At marrying age, Ravenia is abused further by men and she must move west to escape. |
| Author Biography | Annie Hamilton Nelles Dumond (1837-1903) is known best for her 1868 autobiography Annie Nelles; or, The Life of a Book Agent, a melodramatic account of her experiences as a book peddler in the Midwest in the 1860s. |
| Time | 1850s-60s |
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