Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface: Aunt Jennifer and Aunt Jane -- Introduction: "Directly opposite notions": Critical Disputes -- PART ONE: "Some truths not told": The Story of the Other Heroine -- 1 "I see every thing - as you can desire me to do": The Scolding and Schooling of Marianne Dashwood in Sense and Sensibility -- 2 "Exactly the something which her home required": The "unmerited punishment" of Harriet Smith in Emma -- 3 "A corrupted, vitiated mind": The Decline of Mary Crawford in Mansfield Park -- 4 "You are never sure of a good impression being durable": The Fall of Louisa Musgrove in Persuasion -- 5 "An itch for acting": Playing with Polyphony in Mansfield Park -- PART TWO: "Their fates, their fortunes, cannot be the same": Cameo Appearances -- 6 "Surely this comparison must have its use": The "very strong resemblance" in Sense and Sensibility -- 7 "My expressions startle you": An "injured, angry woman" in Persuasion -- 8 "We must forget it": The "unhappy truth" in Pride and Prejudice -- PART THREE: "Grievous imprisonment of body and mind": Investigating Crimes -- 9 "No tread of violence was ever heard": Silent Suffering in Mansfield Park -- 10 "Unnatural and overdrawn": "Alarming violence" in Northanger Abbey -- 11 "This ill-used girl, this heroine of distress": The "Diabolical scheme" in Lady Susan -- Conclusion: What, Or Who, Is Jane Austen? -- Afterword: "Another world must be unfurled": Austen Country -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.