The Republic of Pemberley. Austenprose – A Jane Austen Blog. Janeites: The curious American cult of Jane Austen. 27 January 2013Last updated at 20:12 ET By Jon Kelly BBC News Magazine, Washington DC The film Austenland explores the world of Janeites Two centuries after her most famous work, Jane Austen inspires huge devotion in the US.
What makes this most English of writers so appealing to Americans? She wrote it herself in 1813: "How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book. " Jane Austen's own work is a case in point.