Competition Quotes in Austenland

How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)

Quote #4

Jane thought, I'm in the game for real now, and this is what a Regency woman would do. Even elitist Emma made house calls. (10.24)

Jane realizes that Pembook Park isn't, well, a walk in the park. She has to get down and dirty if she wants to network her way into a relationship. At this point, she might as well be wearing a WWJ(A)D bracelet: What Would Jane (Austen) Do?

Quote #5

Perhaps the two ladies would fight over him. Pembrook Park was pining for a hearty ladies' mud wrestle. (11.7)

Hm, that would definitely liven things up a bit, but we don't think Keri Russell would have agreed to be in the movie if there was a gratuitous mud wrestling scene. Regency women seem to be more apt to figurative mud slinging instead of mud wrestling.

Quote #6

Jane was left neatly on the sidelines again. She didn't mind. Seriously she didn't. Okay, maybe just a little. (11.46)

This sidelines comment makes it seem like Jane's talking about a football game. Oh, since Austenland is in England, we mean "football" as in "soccer," of course. And Jane's already kneed one character in the balls, so love and football make an apt comparison here.