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
Albert Leffingwell (novelist) Albert Leffingwell (novelist) Albert Leffingwell (April 24, 1895 – 1946) was an American novelist who wrote crime and mystery thrillers under the pen names "Dana Chambers" and "Giles Jackson". Albert Fear Leffingwell was born April 24, 1895, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the first son of Dr. Albert Tracy Leffingwell, and Dr. Elizabeth Fear. He graduated from Harvard, Class of 1916. In 1916, while still at Harvard, he wrote a book of poetry, "Castles in Spain", and had 2 poems published in the Harvard publication, "Made to Order". He served in WWI in France as a member of the Intelligence Department, 108th