![]() ![]() She believes these letters provide opportunities for scholars to gain new insight on the difference between Austen’s literary reception in England versus her reception in America. Wells presented both nineteenth- and twentieth-century correspondence between Austen fans across both continents. “Austen’s American reception contrasted to her reception in England has received relatively little scholarly attention, which led to my own interest in recovering the hidden stories of the readers on our own continent,” Wells said. ![]() ![]() Wells, a prominent Austen scholar, discovered a rare Austen archive while working on a book project that explores the transatlantic reception of Austen in America. Such a story may sound like Austen-inspired fan fiction, but for English professor Juliette Wells, this previously unknown story is an archival reality. ![]() Admiral Austen passes the afternoon regaling the American admirers with stories of Jane, adding depth to the character of his sister previously unknown in the brief biographies prefixed to her works. PROVO, Utah (Jan.15, 2016)-During the 19th century, an American Austen admirer and her family travel to England, where the aged, yet handsome, Admiral Francis Austen, brother of the late Jane Austen, warmly receives them. Juliette Wells discussed Austen’s literary reception in America and her recent Jane Austen archival discovery at a Women’s Studies colloquium. ![]()
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