Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
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
.
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
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.
Intertextuality and Influence
Rhoda Broughton
RB
's satire here embraces the publishing industry and its pandering to readers' tastes. Emma's cousin Lesbia is apparently representative of a particular type of circulating-library reader; much to Emma's mortification, she likes Miching Mallecho...
Intertextuality and Influence
Mary Ann Kelty
MAK
quotes Geraldine Jewsbury
and Maria Edgeworth
, and remarks that although unmarried herself she has observed what goes wrong in marriage: she traces difficulties between couples to the demand for too much feeling. The...
EG
was glad to escape the storm of controversy that her novel had raised in Manchester, and to be feted in London. She already knew Mary Howitt and Geraldine Jewsbury
(who lived in Manchester). Although...
Friends, Associates
Jane Welsh Carlyle
Geraldine Jewsbury
's stay with the Carlyles at their home in Chelsea marked the beginning of her lifelong friendship with JWC
.
Carlyle, Jane Welsh. Jane Welsh Carlyle: A New Selection of Her Letters. Editor Bliss, Trudy, Victor Gollancz.
114-15
Friends, Associates
William Makepeace Thackeray
WMT
was close to both of his surviving daughters, and was particularly proud when Anne
's first publication, the article Little Scholars, which appeared anonymously in the Cornhill Magazine. He was a sociable...
ST
's career as a writer introduced her to many leading literary figures (especially those of Scots origin) whom she entertainingly describes in Three Generations.
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...
