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Events on Saturday 16 October 1847 1
1847Jane Eyre publishedCharlotte Brontë's novel appears under the name Currer BellCharlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre was published in London by Smith, Elder & Co. under the pseudonym Currer Bell. It was an immediate success. Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights and Anne Brontë's Agnes Grey appeared later the same year.