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Introduction and Historical Foundation Prologue: Telling Stories in theCourtroom Criminal Conversation and the Conversational Process of the Law TheTransformative Magic of Legal Fictions: The Suppression of Sex in EarlyEnglish Civil Adultery Cases Theodore Tilton v. Henry Ward Beecher: CriminalConversation, 1875 Prologue: Crisis of Confidence in the Courtroom TheMaintenance of Mutual Confidence: Sentimental Strategies at theBeecher-Tilton Trial Silent Woman, Speaking Fiction: The "ministry ofCatherine Gaunt" at the Beecher-Tilton Trial Female-Plaintiff CriminalConversation Cases: Rewriting the Law's Story of Marriage Prologue: FourCases Rethinking the Law's Story of Marriage: The Bonds of SentimentConsequences of Change: The Sexually Passive Husband and the EroticallyAutonomous Wife