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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 Sort ascending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Emma Jane Worboise | Geraldine Jewsbury
reviewed this novel for the Athenæum. 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 | Frances Browne | Geraldine Jewsbury
, writing for the Athenæum, presumed the author of The Hidden Sin to be male, and congratulated him on an ingenuity of invention which distinguishes it from the ordinary run of sensation... |
| 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 | Ouida | The Athenæum's mixed review of the published novel is also attributed to Jewsbury
. It ostensibly applauds the book's readability and pluck while implicitly criticizing its implausibility. The characters, for example, are described as... |
| Literary responses | Julia Stretton | This novel attracted a chorus of praise. Geraldine Jewsbury
in the Athenæum recommended it very strongly. She found it fresh and original, in the main unpreachy, and wrote that if Margaret was a little too... |
| Literary responses | Isabella Banks | Geraldine Jewsbury
, reviewing for the Athenæum, called this novel intrepid. But, she wrote, [s]ensational beyond the usual high-water mark, it overflows all the banks and bounds of probability. Athenæum. J. Lection. 2098 (1868): 54 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 | Emily Shirreff | The reviewer for the Athenæum, Geraldine Jewsbury
, declared that this was an excellent book, not only for its wise counsel on the education of women, but for the element of genial good sense... |
| Literary responses | Julia Stretton | Geraldine Jewsbury
was far less respectful in reviewing The Valley of a Hundred Fires for the Athenæum. She allowed that the spirit of the book was refined and good Athenæum. J. Lection. 1724 (1860): 629 |
| Literary responses | Mary Anne Barker | Geraldine Jewsbury
, reviewing this book for the Athenæum, expressed her delight and hoped for the future appearance of analogous books for Easter, or a birthday, or any day and every day all the... |
| Literary responses | Josephine Butler | In her review of the collection for the Athenæum, Geraldine Jewsbury
called Butler's introduction a charming composition . . . marked by a pathetic dignity; eloquent, earnest and strong, and wrote that it successfully... |
| 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 |
| Literary responses | Georgiana Craik | Jewsbury
found Hildred (whom she refers to as Hilda throughout her review) a well conceived character: The stately, accomplished, high-spirited, poor relative, with her Bohemian instincts and undisciplined character, her genius, waywardness, and wild, good... |
| Literary responses | Charlotte Riddell | Geraldine Jewsbury
, reviewing The Moors and the Fens for the Athenæum in the year after publication, judged that although it had some interest, it had nothing of nature: The whole story resembles a child's... |
| Literary responses | Elizabeth Gaskell | Reviews were positive. Geraldine Jewsbury
in the Athenæum said that for true artistic workmanship we think Sylvia's Lovers superior to any of Mrs Gaskell's former works. Easson, Angus, editor. Elizabeth Gaskell: The Critical Heritage. Routledge. 432 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. 1844 (28 February 1863): 291 |
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