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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
.
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Friends, Associates | Camilla Crosland | 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... |
| Friends, Associates | Matilda Hays | By her twenties, MH
was well-acquainted with several prominent figures in England's social, political, and literary scene. Her circle included Mary Howitt
, Eliza Meteyard
, William Charles Macready
, Samuel Laurence
, Geraldine Jewsbury |
| 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... |
| 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 |
| 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 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 |
| 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 |
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