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Geraldine Jewsbury
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Standard Name: Jewsbury, Geraldine
Birth Name: Geraldine Endsor Jewsbury
During her life, Geraldine Jewsbury
wrote six novels and two books for children. Widely published in Victorian periodicals, she was a respected reviewer, editor, and translator. Her periodical publications ranged from theatre reviews, short fiction, and children's literature to articles on social issues and religion. GJ
greatly influenced the Victorian publishing industry and public taste through her position as reviewer for the Athenæum and her role as reader for publishers Richard Bentley and Son
and Hurst and Blackett
.
Connections
| Connections | Author name Sort ascending | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Travel | Maria Jane Jewsbury | MJJ
rented a cottage outside Rhyl near St Asaph in Wales, for herself, her sister Geraldine
, and her brothers, intending to cultivate her friendship with Felicia Hemans
, who lived about a mile away. Fryckstedt, Monica Correa. “The Hidden Rill: The Life and Career of Maria Jane Jewsbury, I”. Bulletin of the John Rylands University Library of Manchester, Vol. 66 , No. 2, The Library, pp. 177-03. 198 Espinasse, Francis, and Francis Espinasse. “Maria Jane Jewsbury”. Lancashire Worthies: Second Series, Simpkin, Marshall; John Heywood, pp. 323-39. 328 Howe, Susanne. Geraldine Jewsbury: Her Life and Errors. George Allen and Unwin. 14 |
| Textual Production | Maria Jane Jewsbury | MJJ
published her second full-length work, a volume of Letters to the Young adapted from actual letters, some if not all addressed to her younger sister Geraldine
. It used to be thought that all... |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Maria Jane Jewsbury | Maria's siblings were, from eldest to youngest, Thomas
(who assisted his father at the insurance company), Henry
(a druggist who marketed Jewsbury's Toothpaste and Jewsbury's Celebrated Ginger Beer), Howe, Susanne. Geraldine Jewsbury: Her Life and Errors. George Allen and Unwin. 30 |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Maria Jane Jewsbury | Her sister Geraldine
was her bridesmaid and Felicia Hemans
' brother-in-law, the Rev. H. Hughes
, performed the ceremony, during which MJJ
is reported to have uttered the terrible obey, with edifying distinctness. Gillett, Eric, and Maria Jane Jewsbury. “Maria Jane Jewsbury: A Memoir”. Maria Jane Jewsbury: Occasional Papers, Oxford University Press, p. xiii - lxvii. lix Espinasse, Francis, and Francis Espinasse. “Maria Jane Jewsbury”. Lancashire Worthies: Second Series, Simpkin, Marshall; John Heywood, pp. 323-39. 330 Howe, Susanne. Geraldine Jewsbury: Her Life and Errors. George Allen and Unwin. 18 |
| Literary responses | Henrietta Camilla Jenkin | Elizabeth Gaskell
later reported that reviews had been good. Gaskell, Elizabeth. The Letters of Mrs Gaskell. Editors Chapple, J. A. V. and Arthur Pollard, Harvard University Press. 527 Athenæum. J. Lection. 1593 (1858): 593 The Athenaeum Index of Reviews and Reviewers: 1830-1870. http://replay.web.archive.org/20070714065452/http://www.soi.city.ac.uk/~asp/v2/home.html. 654 (1840): 371-2 |
| Textual Features | Henrietta Camilla Jenkin | Since its action begins some years before the Slavery Abolition Act or Emancipation Bill (which received royal assent on 28 August 1833 and came into effect on 1 August 1834), slavery is one of this... |
| Literary responses | Henrietta Camilla Jenkin | Agostino Ruffini
was said to think very highly of this novel before its publication. Gaskell, Elizabeth. The Letters of Mrs Gaskell. Editors Chapple, J. A. V. and Arthur Pollard, Harvard University Press. 527 |
| Literary responses | Henrietta Camilla Jenkin | In the AthenæumGeraldine Jewsbury
called the story of this book very charming and touching, Athenæum. J. Lection. 1756 (1861): 828 |
| Literary responses | Jane Francesca, Lady Wilde | Applauding JFLW
's skills as a translator did not stop Athenæum reviewer Geraldine Jewsbury
from calling the novel a fatal concatenation of madness, badness, and general inconvenience. Athenæum. J. Lection. 1860 (1863): 810 |
| Literary responses | Catherine Hubback | Geraldine Jewsbury
's review praised the novel as among the best of a good crop that year, noting: The story is as quiet as one of Miss Austen
's, but the characters and incidents are... |
| Literary responses | Catherine Hubback | In her review for the Athenæum, Geraldine Jewsbury
pronounced this a dreary tale. Sutherland, John. The Stanford Companion to Victorian Fiction. Stanford University Press. |
| Textual Production | Caroline Herschel | Selections from these and CH
's other life-writings were edited as her Memoir and Correspondence in 1876. The listed editor, Mary Cornwallis Herschel
(who had married into the family), presented CH
's Recollections first (with... |
| Friends, Associates | Felicia Hemans | FH
's literary correspondents and friends included Grace Aguilar
, Joanna Baillie
(whose Beacon she recalled reading when very young), and Mary Howitt
. Elwood, Anne Katharine. Memoirs of the Literary Ladies of England, from the Commencement of the Last Century. Henry Colburn. 238 Chorley, Henry Fothergill. Memorials of Mrs. Hemans. Saunders and Otley. I: 145 |
| Friends, Associates | Matilda Hays | By her twenties, MH
was well-acquainted with several prominent figures in England's social, political, and literary scene. Her circle included Mary Howitt
, Eliza Meteyard
, William Charles Macready
, Samuel Laurence
, Geraldine Jewsbury |
| Textual Features | Matilda Hays | Gender roles are explored in a range of ways throughout Adrienne Hope. Lord Charles's sophisticated sister has spent considerable time with men: her experience makes her wary of protestations of love. The woman writer... |
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