Foolishness and Folly Quotes in Austenland

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Quote #10

Maybe I really don't want this, she thought. This is summer camp. This is a novel. This isn't home. I need something real. (18.38)

Novels were considered the ultimate folly in Jane Austen's time. Ironic, given that we still love them and study them today.