New Woman, 2, 13, 17–20, 71, 83, 143, 191–210

Noel, Roden, 167

pathological, 110, 192

patriarchal power, 13, 17, 49, 98, 105, 110, 195

patriarchy, 3, 23, 36, 82, 86, 111, 134, 136, 164, 168, 181, 185, 192, 209

penny-part fiction, 72, 87–88, 93–95, 98, 101

poison, 7, 70, 72, 88, 90, 145, 150, 157, 163

police, 27, 29, 95

policing, 81–82, 96, 149

political x, xv, 8, 11, 14, 17, 19, 67, 75, 98, 165, 188, 193–194, 196, 203, 205, 209

Poovey, Mary, 139–140

Praz, Mario, 5–6, 10

prostitute, 22–23, 25–32, 45, 82, 124, 176, 204, 207

agency, 26

prostitution, xi, 4, 14, 23, 25–27, 29, 48, 54, 71, 80, 97, 120

Pykett, Lynn, 162

religion, 4, 13, 187

resistance, 36, 76, 166, 207

Robinson, Emma, 15, 71–72, 92, 94, 104, 109

Rossetti, Dante, 9, 119

Salome, 7, 10, 141

sanitation, 4

Schreiner, Olive, 8, 78, 194, 196, 200, 203–208

Schumaker, Jeannette, 182, 186

sensation fiction, 86–108

sexist oppression, 18–19, 197

Shakespeare, 2, 6

Anthony and Cleopatra,, 2, 6–7, 10, 16, 141

shopping, 85, 112, 124

Showalter, Elaine, 63, 72, 91, 99, 133

silence, 87, 172

Smith, Madeline, 14, 71–73, 75, 77, 83, 90, 138

social power, 5–6, 10–12, 14, 16–17, 32, 36, 39, 43, 50, 66, 69, 101, 124–125, 134, 160, 166, 185, 190, 192

spinster, 16, 18, 54, 69, 73, 77–78, 83, 150, 194–196

Stoker, Bram, 2, 169, 191

Dracula,, 2, 191

Lucy Westerna, 169, 192

Stott, Rebecca, xiv, 2, 16, 75, 168–173, 175–177, 184, 191–192

Thackeray, William, 2–4, 8, 50, 66–67, 69–70, 102, 105, 132, 141, 153, 159

Amelia Sedley, 3, 71

Becky Sharp, xiv, 2–3, 8, 10, 50, 59–60, 69–70, 106, 132, 141–142, 153–154, 189, 192, 209

George Osborn, 59, 71

Vanity Fair,, xiv, 2–4, 8, 67, 71, 201

Trollope, Anthony, 81, 105

venereal disease, 25–26, 29, 195

Victorian literature, xiv, xvii, 2, 4, 49, 132, 139, 164, 194, 206