The Story of a Modern Woman is a novel written by English author Ella Hepworth Dixon. The novel was first published in 1894 and is an example of the "New Woman" genre of late-Victorian England.Dixon, Ella Hepworth. "The Story of a Modern Woman." Ed. Steve Farmer. Broadview Literary Texts: Toronto, 2004. The life of the protagonist, Mary Erle, loosely follows that of Hepworth Dixon: both the author and the character turned to journalism as a way of sustaining themselves after the death of their fathers.
References
∗ Dixon, Ella Hepworth. "The Story of a Modern Woman", (First Italian Edition) 'Storia di una donna moderna', traduzione e cura di Piero Bocci, Independently Published, Amazon, 2025.
External links The full novel is available online as part of the Victorian Women Writers Project . Full text of 1894 publication at archive.org