Question

Under which pseudonym was Wuthering Heights published?

• A. Emily Bell
• B. Ellis Brontë
• C. Ellis Bell
• D. Emory Black

Answer 1

Answer:

C. Ellis Bell

In the 19th century, women writers often used male pen names to avoid prejudice and be taken seriously by publishers and readers. The Brontë sisters each adopted masculine-sounding pseudonyms:

• Charlotte Brontë became Currer Bell

• Emily Brontë became Ellis Bell

• Anne Brontë became Acton Bell

They all kept the same initials as their real names.

So when Wuthering Heights was first published in 1847, it was under the name Ellis Bell, not Emily Brontë.