{"date":"May 23","id":"05-23","intro":["From the river her body was tenderly lifted—the girl who could find no place in the vast city. Thomas Hood pleads for her—eloquently and justly. Read this gem of pathos."],"minutes":3,"readings":[{"author":"Thomas Hood","end":911,"start":907,"volume":41,"work":"Poems"}],"slug":"may-23","status":"proofread","title":"A Plea for an Unfortunate","url":"/harvard-classics/may-23/","words":683}