Dr Juliette Wells 
Everybody»s Jane 
Austen in the Popular Imagination

The first book

to investigate Jane Austen»s popular significance today, Everybody»s Jane considers why Austen matters to amateur readers, how they make use of her

novels, what they gain from visiting places associated with her, and why they

create works of fiction and nonfiction inspired by her novels and life.The voices of everyday readers emerge from

both published and unpublished sources, including interviews conducted with literary tourists and archival research into the

founding of the Jane Austen Society of North America and the exceptional Austen

collection of Alberta Hirshheimer Burke of Baltimore.Additional topics include new Austen

portraits; portrayals of Austen, and of Austen fans, in film and fiction; and

hybrid works that infuse Austen»s writings with horror, erotica, or explicit

Christianity.Everybody»s Jane will appeal to all those who care about Austen and will change how we think about the

importance of literature and reading today.