The German Shell

The New Magdalen

by Wilkie COLLINS (1824 - 1889)

Mercy Merrick is living a difficult life on the streets, but when she meets the young and charismatic clergyman Julian Gray, she desires to leave this life behind and start afresh. She packs her things and volunteers as a nurse in the Franco-Prussian war of 1870. It is, however, very difficult to leave your life behind, and even harder to start a new life in a society so dependent on social connections. So when she sees that Grace Roseberry is killed by a shell, Mercy assumes Grace's identity and social position... - Summary by Carolin

Listen next episodes of The New Magdalen:
A Council of Three , A Woman's Remorse , Coming Events cast their Shadows before , Enter Julian , Epilogue , Exit Julian , Great Heart and Little Heart , Lady Janet at Bay , Lady Janet's Companion , Lady Janet's Letter , Magdalen's Apprenticeship , News from Mannheim , Sentence is Pronounced on Her , The Confession , The Dead alive , The Evil Genius , The Footstep in the Corridor , The German Surgeon , The Guardian Angel , The Last Trial , The Man appears , The Man in the Dining-Room , The Man is coming , The Policeman in Plain Clothes , The Search in the Grounds , The Temptation , They Meet Again