Best known work

• Zoe: The History of Two Lives, 1845

Genres

• Fiction - Novels
• Fiction - Short Stories
• Journalism
• Politics / Philosophy / Essays

Nom de plume

Geraldine Endsor Jewsbury

Social class

Middle class

Parental background

Her father was a cotton manufacturer and later an insurance broker. Jewsbury was educated at boarding school.

At publication of best known work

• Age: 33
• Marital status: Unmarried
• Number of children: 0

Physical description

"a small and lively redhead" (Joanne Wilkes, ODNB) Thomas Carlyle pronounced her "one of the most interesting young women I have seen for years, delicate sense & courage looking out of her small sylph-like figure."

Did you know?

Jewsbury is almost as well known for her extensive correspondence and lifelong friendships with Jane and Thomas Carlyle as for her own writing. Some of their letters have been digitised and can be found online

Additional information

There is surprisingly little freely available biographical information about Jewsbury online beyond the usual Wikipedia and Encyclopaedia Britannica entries. Several biographies of her life exist, such as S Howe's Geraldine Jewsbury: her life and errors (1935) but these are not yet available online. Letters to the Carlyles have been digitised and can be found online.