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Emily is reminiscent of several other female characters in the genre of Gothic fiction in the sense of she is bound by duty, (she literally sates in the book that she is bound by her duty, the reader does not have to delve deep to discover this) We see similar bonds in Lewis' 'The Monk' in several of the female cast.

- The prioress seeks to punish Agnes for her crimes.

- Marguerite feels bound to her husband's fate and although she suspects he is involved with foul play, she does not press him on the matter after seeing how hard he tries to hide these events from her.

- Elvira is bound by her duty to not allow Antonia to be taken advantage of.

- Elvira's maid takes her duty to oversee Antonia after Elvira's death very seriously and is punished by her small mishap which seals Anotnia's fate.

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Unlike many novels that fit into the genre of Gothic fiction, this particular blue-book seems to have an ending which is far easier to digest without feeling too woeful for the cast of characters. All of the principal characters, with the exception of Bertrand Dubois (Emily's husband), and Lord Melworth (who is not introduced until almost the end of the book!)  gets a somewhat happy ending, although not to the point of where they got everything that they desired.

Emily obtains her naive love of Mortimer and they get married, Lady Dubois becomes the guardian of her grandchild, the admiral fulfills his wish to see Emily marry, Edward after not obtainig his desire to marry Emily in the beginning of the book finds himself another bride and in the closing pages have a child together.

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-- Exotic or stupidly dark and creepy places that noone sane would go to for fear of being murdered :

- A Damsel in Distress with the same name as females of the era Gothic lit generally stems from: Y

- An honourable gentleman aka the ass who saves the stupid woman and sweeps her off of her feet: Y

- His name! Mortimer. Says it all really.

-They're around Italians - The grand tour aka a big bad trip around Europe wreaking havoc

- Freak weather storm (pg 22-23)

- Numerous circumstances occur where they seem overly convenient to the development of the plot. i.e Emily leaves the room just in time to catch her father's death, the coachmen accidentally go the wrong way, and stroll by the castle where Emily had lived a long time under the rule of a tyrannical figure, and when they hasten to leave as to not bring back bad memories, the coach is overturned, forcing the men to stay in the castle..

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http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-0-230-51272-6_6

http://www.romtext.org.uk/articles/cc11_n02/

http://www.romtext.org.uk/articles/cc09_n01/

https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=tbS1CgAAQBAJ&pg=PA393&lpg=PA393&dq=sarah+wilkinson+1803+blue+books&source=bl&ots=XyWE6DsqbO&sig=KXvZA6sQUEYmM9WkIvho2K-Q6L4&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwimuMqymNXPAhWC6xoKHd_LB3cQ6AEIIzAB#v=onepage&q=sarah%20wilkinson%201803%20blue%20books&f=false

http://www.jasna.org/persuasions/printed/number20/clarke.pdf

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In 1803, a short story appeared in 'Tell-Tale Magazine' which narrated the distressing and dismal "life of an authoress, written by herself".
It's purpose was to serve as a warning to all the female writes seeking fame through the written word. In this account she attempts to make these women aware of how difficult it has been for her to establish herself as a writer and tried to dissuade them from sharing in her 'unhappy fate'.

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- Born in 1779, died in 1831

- 'lived by the pen' aka she had no other means of supporting herself, or just didn't want to do anything other than write.

- In 1803, she was first published by Ann Lemoine in the magazine called Tell-Tale Magazine.

-She tried to write full length novels, but they weren't as popular as the bluebooks (maybe she just couldn't write well, or they were simply crap?)

-When Bluebooks declined in popularity, she ended up taking a job as a teacher whilst writing, and then took in boarders in order to survive.

- Not sure whether she married, apparently there was a brief moment where her name was published as Sarah Scudgwell Wilkinson, but then that soon was droppped.

- Had a (possibly illegitimate) daughter, Amelia Scudgwell.

- Suffered from cancer under her right arm in 1816, resigned from her teaching job.

- 1824 had sarah diagnosed with breast cancer. A year later, and she was desperately ill and trying to get her book published. Tensions were high

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Narrative Links to Matthew Lewis' "The Monk"

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Narrative Links to Matthew Lewis' "The Monk"

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- Narrative about a girl who unwillingly gets involved with the banditti. (Marguereite's story)

- Female protagonist (Emily) of the narrative is forced to marry a man whom she feels disdain for.

- Emily tries to help the woman who is at the mercy of her husband (links to how Marguereite helped Raymond from Baptiste)

- Like Agnes, Emily loses her baby due to the lack of knowledge, provisions, and/or emotional endurance to apprehend to the baby's needs

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- Cheaper, abridged and sometimes partially plagiarised versions of Gothic novels that cost very little (between one and six pence each) making them ideal for the lower classes.

- Usually anonymously published without a date of publication.

- Renamed chapbooks due to the way in which they were distributed. They were sold on streets, marketplaces, and sold by chapmen who would go from door to door trying to sell their wares. (Among these wares were chapbooks).