Women and literary criticism -- On Northanger Abbey -- Austen's Emma -- Ann Radcliffe's The mysteries of Udolpho -- The gothic novel -- To the friends who did not save my life -- Was Jane Austen gay? -- Sublimely bad -- Resisting Casanova -- The juvenilia of Charlotte Brontë -- Shut up, sweet Charlotte -- Always the bridesmaid, never the groom -- Flournoy's complaint -- Pipe down back there! -- Very fine is my valentine -- If everybody had a wadley -- Night and day -- The will to whimsy -- Terror on the vineyard -- Yes, you, sweetheart.