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What is the collective surname of the three literary sisters—Charlotte, Emily, and Anne—who wrote the classics 'Jane Eyre' and 'Wuthering Heights'?

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Brontë

The sisters originally published their works under the male pseudonyms Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell to avoid the prejudice directed toward female writers at the time.

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