Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
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
.
Bibliographer James Raven
notes a crescendo in novelistic echoes of FB
's works during the 1780s. Burney's brother Charles
, for instance, noted borrowings from both Evelina and Cecilia in his review for the Monthly...
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.
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Geraldine
(the writer, publisher's reader...
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.
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Espinasse, Francis, and Francis Espinasse. “Maria Jane Jewsbury”. Lancashire Worthies: Second Series, Simpkin, Marshall; John Heywood, pp. 323-39.
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Howe, Susanne. Geraldine Jewsbury: Her Life and Errors. George Allen and Unwin.
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Family and Intimate relationships
Clementina Black
The marriage of CB
's mother, then Clara Patten
, to David Black in 1849 was made against her father's wishes. The marriage effectively ended Clara's participation in intellectual and artistic circles, which had included...
Family and Intimate relationships
Thomas Carlyle
In April 1866, Jane Carlyle
died during a coach ride in Hyde Park. TC
was healing a sprained ankle in Edinburgh and could not immediately return. Geraldine Jewsbury
was called on to identify the...
Family and Intimate relationships
Constance Garnett
Before her marriage, CG
's mother, Clara (Patten) Black
, daughter of the successful portrait-painter George Patten
, moved in artistic and intellectual circles and was a friend of Jane Welsh Carlyle
and Geraldine Jewsbury