Brontë family "Wuthering Heights" and "Agnes Grey", had launched a rumour that the three novels were the work of one author, understood to be Ellis Bell (Emily). George Smith was extremely surprised to find two gawky, ill-dressed country girls paralysed with fear, who, to identify themselves, held out the letters addressed to "Messrs. Acton, Currer and Ellis Bell". Taken by such surprise, he introduced them to his mother with all the dignity their talent merited, and invited them to the opera for a performance of Rossini's "Barber of Seville". Emily Brontë's "Wuthering Heights" was published in 1847 under the masculine pseudonym Ellis
John Ellis Williams He was lead consultant for a film about his uncle, Ellis Williams, which was broadcast on S4C in 2006. Williams was elected an Ovate (green robe) of the National Eisteddfod of Wales in Cardiff on 8 August 2008 for his substantial contribution to the field of literature in Wales. John Ellis Williams John Ellis Williams (20 August 1924 – 7 December 2008) was a Welsh novelist and writer, writing in both English and Welsh. Williams was born in Llanddeiniolen, Caernarfonshire, on 20 August 1924, and was from a farming family. In World War II he served with the Royal Air