The name of George Egerton (Mary Chavelita Dunne Bright)
(1859–1945) became practically synonymous with decadence
when Elkin Mathews and John Lane’s partnership, the Bodley
Head, published her sexually bold first collection of short stories,
Keynotes (1893). Yet this Irish writer, whose work reflects her life
on three different continents, is not usually credited with making
innovations in migrant fiction.