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Geraldine Endsor Jewsbury (22 August 1812 – 23 September 1880) was an English novelist, book-reviewer and publisher’s reader, as well as a high-profile figure in London literary life. She is best known for her popular novels such as ''Zoe: the History of Two Lives'' and her reviews for the ''Athenaeum'', a leading literary magazine of the day. Although Jewsbury never married, she had many friends and social acquaintances. Her closest relationship appears to have been with Jane Carlyle, a fellow letter-writer married to essayist Thomas Carlyle. Jewsbury felt a romantic connection towards her, and the complexity of their relationship is reflected in Jewsbury's writing. She also took it upon herself to encourage other women to reach their full potential. ==Family and education== Jewsbury was born at Measham, Derbyshire (now in Leicestershire). She was the daughter of Thomas Jewsbury (d. 1840), a cotton manufacturer and merchant, and his wife Maria, née Smith, (d. 1819). Her paternal grandfather, Thomas Jewsbury Sr. (d. 1799), was a surveyor of roads, an engineer of canals, and a philosophy student. In his will, he left the family four cottages, a warehouse, some land in Measham, and a large cash bequest. Thomas Jr. and Maria had six children: Maria Jane (1800), Thomas (1802), Henry (1803), Geraldine (1812), Arthur (1815) and Frank (1819). Maria Jane had literary interests and wrote for the ''Manchester Gazette''. After their mother’s early death, Maria Jane helped to bring up the family till she married (but died young of cholera). Geraldine then took care of her father till he died, and also of Frank, until he married. Her father’s cotton business suffered from the War of 1812, and he became an insurance agent, based in Manchester. Geraldine was educated at a boarding school kept by the Misses Darbys at Alder Mills near Tamworth, and continued her studies in French, Italian, and drawing in London in 1830–31, before returning to her duties at the family home. Soon, however, she was suffering depression, questioning her fate and expressing religious doubt. This clearly inspired her first novel, ''Zoe: the History of Two Lives. '' 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Geraldine Jewsbury」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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