You could try something like:
var Title = $('<textarea />').html("Chris' corner").text(); console.log(Title);
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
A more interactive version:
$('form').submit(function() { var theString = $('#string').val(); var varTitle = $('<textarea />').html(theString).text(); $('#output').text(varTitle); return false; });
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script> <form action="#" method="post"> <fieldset> <label for="string">Enter a html-encoded string to decode</label> <input type="text" name="string" id="string" /> </fieldset> <fieldset> <input type="submit" value="decode" /> </fieldset> </form> <div id="output"></div>