ABSTRACT
Parren's novels were first published in the Ladies' Newspaper under the pen name Mala and met with an enthusiastic response from the female readership of the journal. The first three novels were published subsequently in three volumes: / Hirafetimeni (1900; The Emancipated Woman), I Mayissa (1901 ; The Enchantress) and To Neon Symvoleon (1902; The New Contract) formed a trilogy (Ta Vivlia tis Avyis, The Books of Dawn) about the solitary and tormented odyssey of two generations of Greek women toward emancipation and self-accomplishment. The trilogy had a favorable reception from such critics as Grigorios Xenopoulos and Kostis Palamas who underlined the "generous contribution of Parren in the development of Greek social novel." The trilogy also served as a basis for a play called Nea Yineka. (The New Woman) put on in 1907 with the participation of Marika Cotopouli, the most popular dramatic actress of the 20th century, which contributed to popularize the work and ideas of its author. The Emancipated Woman was translated into French and published in Journal des Débats and Revue Littéraire. Her other novels, To Maramenon Krinon (1909; The Faded Lily) and Horis Onoma (n.d., Without a Name), were also published, but they have been lost. We know them, however, from their initial publication in the Ladies' Newspaper.
