The Long Day: The Story of a New York Working Girl, as Told by Herself

"The Long Day: The Story of a New York Working Girl, as Told by Herself" by Dorothy Richardson, is a tale of a determined young woman braving the early 20th-century challenges of New York City, where she leaves behind her former life and begins her search for employment. The story opens with the central character waking in a poor boarding house on a gloomy, rainy morning, sparking memories of her journey to the city and what she has left behind. As she settles into Miss Elmira Jamison's boarding house, she meets new people, grapples with loneliness and homesickness, and takes on the daunting mission of finding work in a city that feels both exciting and indifferent, a true quest of survival and self-discovery in a world of opportunity and adversity.