George Egerton
Mary Chavelita Dunne Bright (born
Mary Elizabeth Annie Dunne; 14 December 1859 – 12 August 1945), better known by her pen name
George Egerton (pronounced Edg'er-ton), was a writer of short stories, novels, plays and translations, noted for her psychological probing, innovative narrative techniques, and outspokenness about women's need for freedom, including sexual freedom. 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. Born in
Melbourne,
Colony of Victoria, she spent her childhood in Ireland, where she settled for a time, and considered herself to be "intensely Irish".
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