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Faithless Nelly Gray is a ballad written by Thomas Hood, a 19th-century English poet and humorist. The ballad tells the tragic tale of a young woman named Nelly Gray who is abandoned by her lover, a sailor named Ben Bolt. Nelly is left alone and pregnant, and she eventually dies... Read Full Overview

Faithless Nelly Gray: A Pathetic Ballad Written By Thomas Hood is a literary work by the English poet and humorist, Thomas Hood. The book is a ballad that tells the tragic story of Nelly Gray, a young woman who is betrayed by her lover and left to suffer alone. The story is set... Read Full Overview

This moving and poignant ballad tells the story of the eponymous Nelly Gray, a woman abandoned by her lover and left to a life of destitution. Thomas Hood captures the pathos and tragedy of this tale with characteristic sensitivity and depth of feeling, making it a classic... Read Full Overview

This moving and poignant ballad tells the story of the eponymous Nelly Gray, a woman abandoned by her lover and left to a life of destitution. Thomas Hood captures the pathos and tragedy of this tale with characteristic sensitivity and depth of feeling, making it a classic... Read Full Overview