Works published under a pseudonym
Anonymous works are works, such as art or literature, that have an anonymous, undisclosed, or unknown creator or author. In the case of very old works, the author's name may simply be lost over the course of history and time.
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Jane Eyre
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, first published in 1847 under the pseudonym Currer Bell.
18 June 2015
Featuring: Dinah Birch, Karen O'Brien, Sara Lyons
CultureBritish novels adapted into filmsBritish novels adapted into television showsBritish novels adapted into playsVictorian novelsNovels adapted into balletsFiction about suicideLove storiesWorks published under a pseudonymFemale characters in literatureBritish Gothic novelsNovels set in the 19th centuryHarper & Brothers books1847 British novelsBritish bildungsromansSmith, Elder & Co. booksThe Federalist Papers
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the essays written in 1787/8 by some of the authors of the US Constitution which offer insight into the interpretation of the Constitution.
12 October 2023
Featuring: Frank Cogliano, Kathleen Burk, Nicholas Guyatt
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Anne Bronte's story of the mysterious Helen Graham who seeks a new independent life as an artist after escaping her abusive, alcoholic husband.
30 September 2021
Featuring: Alexandra Lewis, Marianne Thormählen, John Bowen
Wuthering Heights
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Emily Bronte's story of Heathcliff and Cathy, of love, hatred, revenge and self-destruction across two generations in a remote moorland home.
28 September 2017
Featuring: Karen O'Brien, John Bowen, Alexandra Lewis
CultureBritish novels adapted into filmsBritish novels adapted into television showsNovels adapted into operasVictorian novelsNovels adapted into balletsFiction about suicideFrame storiesLove storiesWorks published under a pseudonymBritish Gothic novelsNovels about revengeNonlinear narrative novelsNovels set in YorkshireNovels set in the 18th century1847 British novelsFiction with unreliable narrators1840s fantasy novels, Ghost novels