Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Gender, Sentiment, Individualism, Discipline -- 1 The Wide, Wide World and the Rules of Sentimental Engagement -- 2 The Hidden Hand and Momentary Individualism -- 3 Eight Cousins and What Girls Are Made For -- 4 Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm and the Threat of Affective Discipline -- 5 A Little Princess and the Accidental Power of Stories -- 6 Anne of Green Gables and the Return of Affective Discipline -- 7 The Secret Garden and the Rajah's Master -- 8 Pollyanna and Anxious Individualism -- 9 Emily of New Moon and the Private Girl -- 10 Spinning Sympathy -- 11 Girls' Novels and the End of Mothering -- Conclusion: Affection, Manipulation, Pleasure, Abuse -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.