emma is an adaptation of a charlotte bronte novel
the peacocks ornamental train grown anew in time for each mating season is a famous adaptation
 of the decision to use noms de plume charlotte wrote averse to personal publicity we veiled our own names under those of currer ellis and acton bell the ambiguous choice being dictated by a sort of conscientious scruple at assuming christian names positively masculine while we did not like to declare ourselves women because  without at that time suspecting that our mode of writing and thinking was not what is called feminine  we had a vague impression that authoresses are liable to be looked on with prejudice we had noticed how critics sometimes use for their chastisement the weapon of personality and for their reward a flattery which is not true praise