Yes and No.
If we take Modern books then I would assume because the language is modernised in a such a way then I would not be able to tell the difference because women and men have moved on with the feminist movement and our life style have also updated that it is not easy to spot the difference.
Hmm.
J.K Rowlings used initials as her pen name because she wanted her readers to believe she was a man.
Has she got away with it ? I have no idea but it seems by her popularity amongst young teenagers may suggest that she did.
Again the facts behind her selling widely and to which gender she was most popular with is not clear.
Is that why she used initials?
Also, the facts behind her selling widely are in fact pretty clear: she wrote a great series that lots and lots of people really loved. There's no mystery to it, and implying that there is, IMO, detracts from her accomplishments and talent. Which gender likes her better is unclear because it's not important.
If I move to say victorian time and consider Austin, I am not sure I would be able to tell either.
Aust
en did not live or write in the Victorian era. She died twenty years before Victoria ascended the throne.
I personally would have assumed that one may because of the differences in status rank and everyday life.
Austin's writing is largely based on characters descriptions both men and women and for someone who can write freely about both genders suggest to me someone who knows a fair bit about both so well in such a way that I am not sure anymore...
Not sure what you're saying here; you seem to be implying that Aust
en was actually a man, because she was capable of writing "freely" about both genders?
That's the job of a writer. If you can't write realistic characters of both genders, you're not very good at that job. Writers need to be able to know and understand people if they want to write realistic people.
The other point if this may answer it is if that George Eliot and Ellis Bell got away with it by selling through a male pen name then leaves to think that there is no difference between a man's writing and a woman's.
Again I need to research it more.
Just curious: Why? Why do you care so much about this topic? Why does it matter? Why do you need to research it?
Also, the first bit of your post I quoted was about how perhaps in modern times there's no difference because of feminism, but all of the authors you mention as crossing the gender line were published a hundred years ago or more. Clearly this isn't an issue of modern vs. historical. You've answered your own question here, repeatedly.
