Simplify the following text for a Grade 7 native English-speaking person.
Original: Although Austen 's novels had been published in the United States since 1832 , albeit in bowdlerised editions , it was not until after 1870 that there was a distinctive American response to Austen .
Simplified: Austen 's works had been in print in the United States from 1832 . However , it was only after 1870 that Americans began seriously considering Austen 's works .