The New Woman

It was composed, and appeared in newspaper serialization, in 1890-93, and dealt with societal questions involving feminism.

[1] The New Woman, written in 1890–93, first appeared serially in the Warsaw Kurier Codzienny (Daily Courier).

The main character is Magdalena Brzeska, who attends a progressive boarding school for girls run by forward-thinking schoolmistress Emma Latter.

Magdalena later, as an adult, establishes her own girls' boarding school to continue sharing progressive ideas with future generations of students.

The novel's central ideas focus on the changing role of women in society and on their desire for independence.