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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
.
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| Connections | Author name Sort ascending | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Literary responses | Caroline Leakey | Geraldine Jewsbury
's review in the Athenæum was extremely positive. She praised the book as written with great force and earnestness, saying that even the hardened novel readers and stony-hearted critics at the Athenæumhave... |
| Literary responses | Fanny Aikin Kortright | Geraldine Jewsbury
's review in the Athenæum was merciless (although she guessed the gender of the author). She called the novel an eminently vulgar book, written apparently with great ease and satisfaction to herself. Athenæum. J. Lection. 1647 (1859): 675 |
| Intertextuality and Influence | Mary Ann Kelty | MAK
quotes Geraldine Jewsbury
and Maria Edgeworth
, and remarks that although unmarried herself she has observed what goes wrong in marriage: she traces difficulties between couples to the demand for too much feeling. The... |
| Literary responses | Annie Keary | Reviewing for the Athenæum, Geraldine Jewsbury
evinced some impatience with the plot. She doubted that women in real life could be so exaggeratedly self-sacrificing, and flatly denied that a man in real life could... |
| Literary responses | Julia Kavanagh | This fourth novel was also poorly received. The Athenæum reviewer, Geraldine Jewsbury
, found in it a monotonous unreality which fatigues the reader to no purpose. Athenæum. J. Lection. 1429 (1855): 313 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. |
| Literary responses | Julia Kavanagh | This work's simplicity appealed to Geraldine Jewsbury
, the reviewer for the Athenæum. She noted that it was a charming and touching story, wrought from the humblest and simplest of materials; but the interest... |
| Literary responses | Julia Kavanagh | Writing again for the Athenæum, Geraldine Jewsbury
continued to be pleased with JK
's work. She particularly praised the character development here, and claimed that the workmanship is good throughout, and the interest kindled... |
| Reception | Julia Kavanagh | Geraldine Jewsbury
defended her: The Hobbies is, on the whole, the most foolish novel we have ever read: its publication is an insult to the public; and that Miss Kavanagh should have strictly refused to... |
| Literary responses | Julia Kavanagh | The collection was highly praised by Geraldine Jewsbury
, reviewing for the Athenæum. Athenæum. J. Lection. 1683 (1860): 133 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. |
| Reception | Julia Kavanagh | Jewsbury
, again reviewing in the Athenæum, called this work a pleasant contribution to the literature of the times. Athenæum. J. Lection. 1826 (1862): 528 |
| Textual Features | Julia Kavanagh | Mabel or Queen Mab, the novel's heroine, is a young orphan, alone on the street with a large sum of money in her pocket, when she is taken in by John Ford, a man... |
| 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 |
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