Feminist criticism and narratology have had very little interaction, yet one might well ask how feminist criticism, and particularly the study of narratives written by women, might benefit from the methods and insights of narratology and how narratology, in turn, might be revised in the light of feminist theory and practice. A general discussion of the incompatibilities between feminist criticism and narratology as they are currently practiced leads here to the reading of a short text—a coded letter allegedly written by a young bride whose husband censored her correspondence—in order to explore questions about (women's) writing that narratology has not sufficiently considered. Problems of voice, rhetorical context, and plot are a particular focus. Ultimately, the proposed revisions in narratology are meant to be of value for the study not only of narratives by women but of narrative in general.