Pseudonym or real name for old authors?

[Katie]

I know how to deal with pseudonyms for current authors, putting the name originally published under first and then real name second, but is this policy the same for much older authors?

I notice, for example, that the Brontë sisters' works are mostly under their real names and not the names that they published under, and I think it would confuse an awful lot of people to have 'Wuthering Heights' listed under the author Ellis Bell. What is the correct procedure in cases like this?

[Paula]

The Library of Congress is the definitive authority and has Wuthering Heights as Emily Bronte, therefore if Ellis Bell is needed then I would put it in the secondary position.

While there are undoubtedly people who would know Ellis Bell as Emily Bronte most probably don't.

[Katie]

Aha, thank you!

[Catherine]

And just to further the conversation a little, the underlying reasoning of the Library of Congress/national usage is to choose the most commonly known form of the name. (There is no real distinction between made between older and newer works in that regard, which is a difference from GoodReads, though of course there are still several situations where things get sticky.) With the Brontes, I think the choice is pretty clear that their real names are better known, and that their works have been published far more often under their real names.