Rev. William Kew Fletcher

Standard Name: Fletcher, Rev. William Kew

Connections

Connections Author name Excerpt
Family and Intimate relationships Maria Jane Jewsbury
After a short courtship, MJJ married the Rev. William Kew Fletcher , a chaplain for the East India Company , at Penegoes in Montgomeryshire.
Espinasse, Francis, and Francis Espinasse. “Maria Jane Jewsbury”. Lancashire Worthies: Second Series, Simpkin, Marshall; John Heywood, pp. 323-39.
330
Mercer, Edmund. “Geraldine Endsor Jewsbury”. Manchester Quarterly, Vol.
17
, pp. 301-21.
303
Fryckstedt, Monica Correa. “The Hidden Rill: The Life and Career of Maria Jane Jewsbury, II”. Bulletin of the John Rylands University Library of Manchester, Vol.
67
, No. 1, The Library, pp. 450-73.
467
Bloom, Abigail Burnham, editor. Nineteenth-Century British Women Writers. Greenwood Press.
228
Family and Intimate relationships Maria Jane Jewsbury
Early in 1831 she had refused Fletcher 's first proposal. Despite her father 's strong opposition,
Fryckstedt, Monica Correa. “The Hidden Rill: The Life and Career of Maria Jane Jewsbury, II”. Bulletin of the John Rylands University Library of Manchester, Vol.
67
, No. 1, The Library, pp. 450-73.
467
she finally consented when Fletcher proposed again in March.
Clarke, Norma. Ambitious Heights. Routledge.
156
Espinasse, Francis, and Francis Espinasse. “Maria Jane Jewsbury”. Lancashire Worthies: Second Series, Simpkin, Marshall; John Heywood, pp. 323-39.
330
Anna Maria Hall tried her best to...
Material Conditions of Writing Maria Jane Jewsbury
The Athenæum published portions of the travel journal of MJJ , who had departed for India in September 1832 with her husband , a chaplain for the East India Company .
Clarke, Norma. Ambitious Heights. Routledge.
160-1, 236
Occupation Maria Jane Jewsbury
During that half-year in India which was in fact the end of her life, MJJ , together with her chaplain husband , worked as a Christian missionary among communities suffering through severe famine and drought.
Fryckstedt, Monica Correa. “The Hidden Rill: The Life and Career of Maria Jane Jewsbury, II”. Bulletin of the John Rylands University Library of Manchester, Vol.
67
, No. 1, The Library, pp. 450-73.
468
Reception Maria Jane Jewsbury
Geraldine Jewsbury made an attempt to compile her sister 's works into a memorial volume. Ultimately, she could not complete the project because the writings were in the hands of MJJ 's husband , who...
Residence Maria Jane Jewsbury
After their wedding MJJ and her husband moved to London, where they stayed at 18 Charlotte Street, Bedford Square, until it was time to leave for India. They stayed at the house of Miss Darby
Textual Features Maria Jane Jewsbury
The book's first and longest piece, The History of an Enthusiast, is strongly influenced by Germaine de Staël 's novel Corinne; ou, L'Italie.
Fryckstedt, Monica Correa. “The Hidden Rill: The Life and Career of Maria Jane Jewsbury, II”. Bulletin of the John Rylands University Library of Manchester, Vol.
67
, No. 1, The Library, pp. 450-73.
451
Protagonist Julia Osborne is an orphan being brought up...
Travel Maria Jane Jewsbury
MJJ sailed for India on the Victory with her newly-married husband .
Fryckstedt, Monica Correa. “The Hidden Rill: The Life and Career of Maria Jane Jewsbury, II”. Bulletin of the John Rylands University Library of Manchester, Vol.
67
, No. 1, The Library, pp. 450-73.
467
Espinasse, Francis, and Francis Espinasse. “Maria Jane Jewsbury”. Lancashire Worthies: Second Series, Simpkin, Marshall; John Heywood, pp. 323-39.
330
Gillett, Eric, and Maria Jane Jewsbury. “Maria Jane Jewsbury: A Memoir”. Maria Jane Jewsbury: Occasional Papers, Oxford University Press, p. xiii - lxvii.
lxi
Travel Maria Jane Jewsbury
MJJ and her husband arrived at Bombay from England, after a voyage of six months.
Espinasse, Francis, and Francis Espinasse. “Maria Jane Jewsbury”. Lancashire Worthies: Second Series, Simpkin, Marshall; John Heywood, pp. 323-39.
330
Travel Maria Jane Jewsbury
On their way to do missionary work elsewhere in India, MJJ and her husband departed from Bombay aboard the Pattamar.
Espinasse, Francis, and Francis Espinasse. “Maria Jane Jewsbury”. Lancashire Worthies: Second Series, Simpkin, Marshall; John Heywood, pp. 323-39.
331
Wealth and Poverty Maria Jane Jewsbury
MJJ had by now earned some money from her writing, but because of her deteriorating health she may perhaps have found the security of Fletcher 's certain and handsome income
Clarke, Norma. Ambitious Heights. Routledge.
157
from the East India Company

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