Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908.
Grace Aguilar
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Standard Name: Aguilar, Grace
Birth Name: Grace Aguilar
GA
, author of short stories, novels, and religious writings, was the only Anglo-Jewish woman in the nineteenth century to achieve considerable success as a writer. In addition to writing for gift-books and periodicals, in her lifetime she published a book of poetry, a single novel, a translation, a work on women's Biblical history, and two books of non-fiction on Jewish topics. As many additional volumes appeared posthumously.
Aguilar, Grace. Macintosh, the Highland Chief. G. Routledge, 1908.
Aguilar, Grace. Edmund, the Exiled Prince, and Wallace, the Dauntless Chief. G. Routledge, 1908.
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Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Anthologization | Marion Moss | MM
's Lines Written on the Death of Grace Aguilar are reprinted in the Broadview Press
edition of Aguilar's Selected Writings, 2003. |
| Anthologization | Marion Moss | With the encouragement of MP Sir George Staunton
(to whom they dedicated the volume), Galchinsky, Michael. The Origin of the Modern Jewish Woman Writer. Wayne State University Press, 1996. 108 “Jewish Encyclopedia”. JewishEncyclopedia.com. |
| Education | Kate Chopin | Following her father's death, her education was supplemented by her maternal great-grandmother Victoire Verdon Charleville
, who placed a particular emphasis on French and music.The young Kate O'Flaherty was also a voracious reader, and enjoyed... |
| Education | G. B. Stern | At first Gladys was taught at home by governesses: the stout, comical angel Fräulein Sanders, Stern, G. B. Monogram. Chapman and Hall, 1936. 48 Stern, G. B. Monogram. Chapman and Hall, 1936. 49 |
| Friends, Associates | Camilla Crosland | CC
's friends and acquaintances were varying and numerous. In her youth the radical politician John Cartwright
was a neighbour. Her literary work as an adult led to the formation of a number of lasting... |
| 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, 1843. 238 Chorley, Henry Fothergill. Memorials of Mrs. Hemans. Saunders and Otley, 1836. I: 145 |
| Friends, Associates | Charlotte Montefiore | CM
moved in a considerably higher stratum of society than her contemporary Grace Aguilar
. It is possible, however, that they corresponded during their collaboration for the Cheap Jewish Library. In a letter to... |
| Intertextuality and Influence | Stella Gibbons | The novel is richly intertextual. Jane Austen
is a source of inspiration: Flora's sole occupational goal for the next thirty years is to collect material for a novel as good as Persuasion, but with... |
| Literary responses | Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, first Baron Lytton | He praised Grace Aguilar
's Exposition of Zanoni, which he mentioned in the introduction to a new edition. He claimed that she and Harriet Martineau
had provided the most valuable criticism of the work. Drabble, Margaret, editor. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. Oxford University Press, 1985. Crosland, Camilla. Landmarks of a Literary Life, 1820-1892. Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1893. 176 The Athenaeum Index of Reviews and Reviewers: 1830-1870. |
| Literary responses | Marion Moss | An Athenæum review criticized the collection, claiming the sisters neglected the really romantic annals and legends of their nation and erroneously represented Jewish life: [T]hough the names and scenery are Jewish and Eastern, the manners... |
| Literary responses | Charlotte Montefiore | In an article in the Jewish Chronicle two years afterCM
died, Abraham Benisch
wrote in praise of nineteenth-century Jewish women writers. He asserted that it is a remarkable phenomenon on the horizon of Anglo-Jewish... |
| Publishing | Celia Moss | CM
also published in periodicals. Her Neela, A Tale of the Jews in England appeared in 1842 in Friendship's Offering, and from there it was reprinted as a serial, beginning in January 1844, in... |
| Textual Features | Amy Levy | She continued: The Jew, as we know him to-day, with his curious mingling of diametrically opposed qualities; his surprising virtues and no less surprising vices; leading his eager, intricate life; living, moving, and having his... |
| Textual Features | Charlotte Montefiore | CM
's own stories include The Birthday and The Way to Get Rich. Her story The Diamond Isle, which was later translated into Dutch by Maria Hertzveld
, may also have been written... |
| Textual Features | Charlotte Montefiore | Here CM
depicts noble and devout Jewish characters who refuse to sacrifice their religious heritage for monetary rewards. She occasionally describes Jewish religious ceremonies and formal rituals, but Linda Gertner Zatlin
argues that her frequent... |
Timeline
23-24 June 1314
The English attempt to conquer Scotland was fought off by Scottish forces under Robert Bruce
at the Battle of Bannockburn near Stirling.
1858
Jews in Britain first received full political rights.