A New Jane Austen: How Americans Brought Us the World's Greatest Novelist Barbara Heller it's hard to resist giving

it's hard to resist giving Toad the warm hug he longs for

Each richly illustrated chapter begins with an introduction and quotes from alchemists by specialist Alexander Roob

and many remarkable yet often-overlooked voices

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A New Jane Austen: How Americans Brought Us the World's Greatest Novelist Barbara Heller it's hard to resist givingIn Juliette Wells' latest volume of books on Austen's readers she revolutionizes our understanding of how Austen came to be viewed as the world's greatest novelist. Wells shows that Austen's global reputation was established not by British scholars, as is commonly believed, but by visionary American writers and collectors, working largely outside academia. Drawing on extensive research, Wells weaves together colorful, compelling case studies of men