George Egerton

George Egerton (1859-1945) was born Mary Elizabeth Annie Dunne in Melbourne, Australia. She is better known by her pen name George Egerton under which she wrote short stories, novels, plays, and translations. Egerton is widely considered to be one of the most important writers in the late nineteenth century New Woman movement and a key exponent of early modernism in English language literature.

George Egerton (1859-1945) was born Mary Elizabeth Annie Dunne in Melbourne, Australia. She is better known by her pen name George Egerton under which she wrote short stories, novels, plays, and translations. Egerton is widely considered to be one of the most important writers in the late nineteenth century New Woman movement and a key exponent of early modernism in English language literature. See less