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| Relationship | Name | Date - Period |
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| Friend | Clara Patten | |
| Friend | Jane Baillie Carlyle nee' Welsh | 1801-1866 |
| Where | Why | When |
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Chelsea | Relocated to be near her friend Jane Carlyle | 1854 |
| Title | Genre | Date - Edition |
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| Zoë | Novel | 1845 |
| The Half Sisters | Novel | 1848 |
| Marion Withers | Novel | 1851 |
| Right or Wrong | Novel | 1859 |
| A Selection from the Letters of Geraldine Jewsbury to Jane Carlyle (edited by Mrs A Ireland) | Posthumously 1892 | |
Biographical Details and Notes
The published letters from Geraldine to Jane Carlyle showed the emotional attachment between the two women, and at the time of its publication it was considered controversial.
Virginia Woolf wrote an article in 1929 (Geraldine and Jane) exploring the subject of their emotional attachment and their letters.
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