Summary
In the soot-stained arteries of a burgeoning 1920s metropolis, Nell Sanders undergoes a catastrophic dissolution of her domestic stability, a descent into the visceral penury that characterizes the early industrial urban experience. Following the incarceration of her father—a man whose soul is seemingly welded to the mechanics of recidivism—Nell is cast adrift from the precarious safety of her menial employment. Her metamorphosis from a victim of societal apathy into a beacon of the Salvation Army represents a profound spiritual recalibration. The narrative reaches its zenith when her progenitor emerges from the carceral system, not with a heart softened by solitude, but with a renewed pugnacity for the underworld. Nell’s subsequent struggle is a high-stakes theological and emotional gambit, as she attempts to orchestrate a moral resurrection for a man who views the gutter as his natural habitat, pitting the tambourine of the mission against the leaden weight of a life of crime.
Synopsis
Young Nell loses her job and home and her father is sent to prison. She joins the Salvation Army and tries to redeem him when he comes out bent on continuing his life of crime.
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