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 .
Head-and-shoulders photograph of Geraldine Jewsbury. She is wearing a dark, hooded cloak, with a light lace collar and a rose-shaped fastener. Her dark wavy hair is pulled back. Her full signature is reproduced underneath: "Geraldine Endsor Jewsbury".

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Connections Author name Excerpt
Literary responses Mary Elizabeth Braddon
Geraldine Jewsbury 's Athenæum review praised the author's dramatic abilities and her convincing dialogue.
Athenæum. J. Lection.
1982 (1865): 537
Literary responses Mary Elizabeth Braddon
Geraldine Jewsbury in the Athenæum recognised a shift of generic gears in The Lady's Mile, away from the sensation novel towards the didactic novel of manners and morals. But she still considered this parable...
Literary responses Mary Elizabeth Braddon
The Athenæum review of Charlotte's Inheritance, written by Geraldine Jewsbury , expressed revulsion at the coarse reality
Athenæum. J. Lection.
2108 (1868): 418
which Jewsbury said MEB had left naked, bare and ugly, without even the mellowing...
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...
Literary responses Matilda Betham-Edwards
Geraldine Jewsbury , reviewing this book for the Athenæum early the next year, was not exactly encouraging. She guessed the author's gender correctly, and judged the novel a pale imitation of Charlotte Brontë 's Jane...
Literary responses Matilda Betham-Edwards
The Athenæum, which in later years was often a less than generous commentator on MBE 's work, gave Now or Never the first of its truly crushing responses. Geraldine Jewsbury , writing anonymously, began,...
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 Mary Anne Barker
This was the only book by MAB to have bad reviews, including one in the Times.
Gilderdale, Betty. The Seven Lives of Lady Barker. Canterbury University Press.
169-70
(Geraldine Jewsbury reviewed it for the Athenæum.) Betty Gilderdale nevertheless finds the stories well constructed...
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.

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