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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Literary responses | Anne Thackeray Ritchie | Geraldine Jewsbury
in the Athenæum saw considerable promise in the book, but blamed it for verging on a treatment of incest which ought to be . . . inadmissable for a novel. Shankman, Lillian F., and Anne Thackeray Ritchie. “Biographical Commentary and Notes”. Anne Thackeray Ritchie: Journals and Letters, edited by Abigail Burnham Bloom et al., Ohio State University Press, p. various pages. 67 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 | Matilda Hays | Geraldine Jewsbury
simultaneously praised and criticised MH
, claiming that the novel contained graceful thoughts and good sentiments scattered through this story, making us feel that the author is wiser than her book. Athenæum. J. Lection. 1992 (1865): 920 |
Literary responses | Augusta Webster | Dramatic Studies as a whole was acclaimed by reviewers. A reviewer in the Westminster Review of October 1866 wrote that Mrs. Webster shows not only originality, but what is nearly as rare, trained intellect and... |
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 | Emma Robinson | Geraldine Jewsbury
reviewed it for the Athenæum. |
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 | 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 | Georgiana Chatterton | The volumes were reviewed for the Athenæum by Geraldine Jewsbury
, who deplored the lack of skill used in presenting an idea of a freshness and originality which not even the awkwardness of the narrative... |
Literary responses | Emma Robinson | Its fascination with poisoning, topical criminality, and female villainy within the domestic sphere places this story squarely in the midst of the sensation novel phenomenon. The Athenæum review (this time written by Geraldine Jewsbury
... |
Literary responses | Jane Francesca, Lady Wilde | Applauding JFLW
's skills as a translator did not stop Athenæum reviewer Geraldine Jewsbury
from calling the novel a fatal concatenation of madness, badness, and general inconvenience. Athenæum. J. Lection. 1860 (1863): 810 |
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 |
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 | Georgiana Chatterton | Country Coteries was reviewed for the Athenæum by Geraldine Jewsbury
. 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 | Amelia B. Edwards | Geraldine Jewsbury
, reviewing this novel for the Athenæum, welcomed a new writer onto the literary scene and expressed the hope of seeing more of her. Her short notice praised Edwards for writing of... |
Literary responses | Emma Robinson | Geraldine Jewsbury
, again reviewing ER
for the Athenæum, this time made no reference of any kind to her gender. Athenæum. J. Lection. 1947 (1865): 233 |
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