The Brontë sisters
勃朗特姊妹(The Brontë sisters)
Charlotte, Emily and Anne produced their masterworks of Victorian literature under the pseudonyms Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell. They chose these androgynous monikers because of “a vague impression that authoresses are liable to be looked on with prejudice,” an impression shared by at least two other great “authoresses” of the day, George Eliot and George Sand.
夏洛特(Charlotte)、艾米丽(Emily)和安妮(Anne)用柯勒(Currer)、埃利斯(Ellis)和阿克顿·贝尔(Acton Bell)为笔名发表了维多利亚文学中的杰作。她们采用没有明显性别特征的笔名,是因为她们“有一种模糊的感觉,觉得女性作家容易遭受成见”,至少同时期的另外两位“女作家”乔治·艾略特(George Eliot)和乔治·桑(George Sand)也和她们有同感。