Amy Levy (1861 – 1889) was a British poet and novelist. 1861 is a common year starting on Tuesday. ... 1889 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...

She was born in Clapham, London into a secular Jewish family. She was educated at Brighton High School, and studied at Newnham College, Cambridge; she was the first Jewish student at Newnham, when she arrived in 1879, but left after four terms. For the village in Bedfordshire, see Clapham, Bedfordshire. ... The word Jew ( Hebrew: יהודי) is used in a wide number of ways, but generally refers to a follower of the Jewish faith, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity and often a combination of these attributes. ... Brighton on the southern Sussex coast is one of the largest and most famous seaside resorts in England. ... Full name Newnham College Motto - Named after Its location in the village of Newnham Previous names Newnham Hall Established 1871 Sister College(s) Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford Principal The Lady ONeill of Bengarve Location Sidgwick Avenue Undergraduates 396 Postgraduates 120 Homepage Boatclub A view of the Clough and Kennedy... 1879 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...

Her circle of friends included Constance Black, Caroline Maitland, Eleanor Marx (daughter of Karl Marx), Beatrice Potter, and Olive Schreiner. She wrote for periodicals, as well as producing poetry. Constance Clara Garnett (née Black) (December 19, 1861 - December 17, 1946) was an English translator whose translations of nineteenth-century Russian classics first introduced them on a wide basis to the English public. ... Caroline Maitland (1858 – 1920) was an English poet and writer. ... Eleanor Marx (16th January 1855 – 31st March 1898) was a Marxist author and political activist. ... Karl Heinrich Marx (May 5, 1818 Trier, Germany – March 14, 1883 London) was an influential philosopher, political economist, and revolutionary organizer of the International Workingmens Association. ... Beatrice Webb Martha Beatrice Potter Webb (January 22, 1858 - April 30, 1943) was a British socialist, economist and reformer, usually referred to in the same breath as her husband, Sidney Webb. ... Olive Schreiner (Olive Emilie Albertina Schreiner) (March 24, 1855 – December 11, 1920) was a South African writer. ...

Her novels were largely concerned with Jewish identity and mores in the England of her time (and were consequently controversial), and themes on the position of women. Reuben Sachs (1888) portrayed middle-class Jewish life in London, and also highlighted her interest in feminism. Xantippe and Other Verses (1881) includes a poem in the voice of Socrates's wife. 1888 is a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... Feminism is a diverse collection of social theories, political movements, and moral philosophies, largely motivated by or concerning the experiences of women, especially in terms of their social, political, and economic situation. ... 1881 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...

She travelled widely in Europe and was said to have fallen in love with Violet Paget (Vernon Lee), who was six years older than herself. Vernon Lee was the pseudonym of the British writer Violet Paget (1856 – 1935). ...

She had suffered from depression from an early age which, together with her growing deafness, led her to commit suicide at the age of twenty-seven by inhaling carbon monoxide. Clinical Depression is state of sadness or melancholia that has advanced to the point of being disruptive to an individuals social functioning and/or activities of daily living (ADLs). ...

Works

• Xantippe and Other Verse (1881)
• A Minor Poet and Other Verse (1884)
• The Romance of a Shop (1888) novel
• Reuben Sachs: A Sketch (1888) novel
• A London Plane-Tree and Other Verse (1889)
• Miss Meredith (1889) novel
• The Complete Novels and Selected Writings of Amy Levy: 1861-1889. Edited by Melvyn New

External links

• Some sad Amy Levy poems on Cordula's Web.

Sources

• Judith Flanders. Inside the Victorian Home: a Portrait of Domestic Life in Victorian England. New York: W. W. Norton, 2004.