The Use Of Pen Names In Charlotte Bronte's Pen Name

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Pen names have been used by authors throughout history because they have the freedom to write without people knowing who wrote it, not base quality of books on gender, and separates the person's writer-self and the true self. Those people might include famous people in writing like Steven King, he used a pen name Richard Bachman. One that wanted to conceal her identity was Charlotte Bronte. Her writer identity was Currer Bell. Susan Eloise Hinton did not want people to know who wrote it so she used S.E. Hinton as her pen name. According to the article, "Introducing Jane Eyre: An unlikely Victorian Heroine". Charlotte Bronte wrote Jane Eyre because, in the time period she lived in, women writers were discouraged and looked down