Charlotte Bronte had ever explained

Charlotte Bronte had ever explained the reason"Averse to personal publicity,we veiled our own names under those of Currer,Ellis,and Acton Bell; the ambiguous choice being dicatated by a sort of conscientious scruple at assuming Christian names,positively musculine,while we did not like to declare ourselves women, because---without at the time suspecting that our mode of writing and thinking was not what is called 'female,'---we had a vague impression that authoresses are liable to be looked on with prejudice; we noticed how how critics sometimes use for their chastisement the weapon of personality, and for their reward, a flattery,which is not true praise. The bringing out of our little book was hard work."[18]