Foolishness and Folly Quotes in Austenland

How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)

Quote #1

Seriously, a thirty-something woman shouldn't be daydreaming about a fictional character in a two-hundred-year-old world to the point where it interfered with her very real and much more important life and relationships. Of course she shouldn't. (1.50)

Yeah, Jane doesn't really buy this, even though she's thinking it. If she did buy it, the book would end at Chapter 1.

Quote #2

How do you do, Miss Erstwhile, what-what? [...] Spit spot I hope. (4.29)

Boy, Miss Charming couldn't put a sentence together using British slang to save her life. At least she's good comic relief.

Quote #3

Don't you know that [barmy] means it was good? Right smashing? (6.23)

One again, Miss Charming becomes a foolish Mrs. Malaprop. Barmy means "mentally irregular." Perhaps Miss Charming is a mite barmy herself.