diff --git a/src/plugins/NarrativeWeb.py b/src/plugins/NarrativeWeb.py
index df765fa68..440a62c29 100644
--- a/src/plugins/NarrativeWeb.py
+++ b/src/plugins/NarrativeWeb.py
@@ -195,15 +195,15 @@ wrapper.width = 20
 # appropriately typesetting curly quotes and apostrophes.
 html_escape_table = {
     "&"  : "&",
-    ' "' : " “",
-    '" ' : "” ",
-    " '" : " ‘",
-    "' " : "’ ",
-    "'s ": "’s ",
-    '"'  : """,
-    "'"  : "'",
-    ">"  : ">",
-    "<"  : "&lt;",
+    ' "'  : " &#8220;",
+    '" '  : "&#8221; ",
+    " '"  : " &#8216;",
+    "' "  : "&#8217; ",
+    "'s "  : "&#8217;s ",
+    '"'  : "&#34;",
+    "'"  : "&#39;",
+    ">"  : "&#62;",
+    "<"  : "&#60;",
     }
 
 # This command then defines the 'html_escape' option for escaping