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195:(1818) was reprinted many times and is described as "an ostensibly moral tale of seduction, madness, and suicide... very popular on the northern provincial circuit". Her various publishers included Tabart, Richard Phillips and W. Darton. Often Sarah Wilkinson signed her books "S.W." She also published in
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Sisters of Burgh Westra: a tale of the islands of Shetland and Orkney; epitomized from the celebrated novel of the same title written by the author of Waverly
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Wilmington family, including memoirs of Lord Colville and Agnes St. Eustace: founded on facts
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