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 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 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 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 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
Jewsbury praised Dorothy Firebrace as a clever, vigorous, effective novel, rough...
Literary responses Catherine Hubback
Geraldine Jewsbury 's review praised the novel as among the best of a good crop that year, noting: The story is as quiet as one of Miss Austen 's, but the characters and incidents are...
Literary responses Ellen Wood
In her review for the Athenæum, Geraldine Jewsbury found the novel interesting despite its didactic aim, and suggested that the authoress might write a very good novel if left to follow what whist-players call...
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...
Literary responses Julia Kavanagh
Writing again for the Athenæum, Geraldine Jewsbury continued to be pleased with JK 's work. She particularly praised the character development here, and claimed that the workmanship is good throughout, and the interest kindled...
Literary responses Georgiana Chatterton
This work too was reviewed for the Athenæum by Geraldine Jewsbury .
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 Catherine Hubback
In her review for the Athenæum, Geraldine Jewsbury pronounced this a dreary tale.
Sutherland, John. The Stanford Companion to Victorian Fiction. Stanford University Press.
Publishing Ouida
The success of Ouida's Strathmore had led publisher RichardBentley to consider luring her from Chapman and Hall ; while Under Two Flags was still in manuscript, he commissioned a reader's report from Geraldine Jewsbury

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