Simplify the following text for a Grade 10 native English-speaking person.
Original: In a series of essays , Howells helped make Austen into a canonical figure for the populace whereas Twain used Austen to argue against the Anglophile tradition in America .
Simplified: Through his essays , Howells helped make Austen much more popular . Twain , however , used Austen to argue against the Anglophile tradition in America .