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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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 Ellen Wood
Geraldine Jewsbury in the Athenæum considered The Shadow of Ashlydyatto be the best novel that Mrs. Wood has written.
Athenæum. J. Lection.
1891 (1864): 119
An essay on the novel, published in The Argosy in 1895, after...
Literary responses Rosina Bulwer Lytton Baroness Lytton
Jewsbury gave Behind the Scenes an unfavourable review in the Athenæum for alleged dullness, malignity, and vulgarity.
Athenæum. J. Lection.
1381 (1854): 460
She claimed that its ingrained coarseness manifests itself from the beginning to the end
Athenæum. J. Lection.
1381 (1854): 460
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 Caroline Scott
A brief notice in the Athenæum by Geraldine Jewsbury was kinder: for those who like religious novels, [it] is one of the best of its class: for ourselves, we prefer it to any we have...
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 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 Ellen Wood
Geraldine Jewsbury 's Athenæum review (which began with an extended discussion of the origins of the St Martin's Eve festival) decried some of the more grotesque moments in the story, including its description of a...
Literary responses Florence Marryat
Geraldine Jewsbury , reviewing this novel for the Athenæum, made no attempt to hide her irritation with it. She observed that the ideas of women on points of morals and ethics seem in a...
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...
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 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 Amelia B. Edwards
Again the Athenæum reviewer was Geraldine Jewsbury . She liked the novel, but her description gives an impression of mediocrity. It was, she said, slight, but very readable and interesting . . . . good...
Literary responses Sarah Williams
Geraldine Jewsbury wrote a review of Twilight Hours for the Athenæum in which she describes SW 's work as promising, but unfulfilled and melancholy. The review explains that her life . . . seems to...
Literary responses Anna Eliza Bray
The Good St. Louis and His Times was recommended to readers by the Athenæum. Although reviewer Geraldine Jewsbury lamented the book's scarcity of dates,
Athenæum. J. Lection.
2205 (1870): 158
she noted that the author had succeeded...

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