Title: Reading Austen in America
Description: "Austen in America tells the story of America's long love-affair with Jane Austen and her work. Beginning with the first US edition of Emma, published in Philadelphia in 1816, Juliette Wells--author of Everybody's Jane: Austen in the Popular Imagination--goes on to explore Austen's American publication history, correspondence with readers through the ages and the work of curators, promoters and fans of Austen in the 21st century."--

"A vivid history of Jane Austen's American readers and fans, from her own day to the present"--
Subjects: Books and reading, Appreciation, Reader-response criticism, Influence, Authors and readers, Austen, jane, 1775-1817, LITERARY CRITICISM / Women Authors, LITERARY CRITICISM / Gothic & Romance, LITERARY CRITICISM / Books & Reading, Art appreciation, Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Places: United States
People: Jane Austen (1775-1817)