Emily Dickinson: A Biography
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Emily Dickinson was born on December 10, 1830 in Amherst
Massachusetts. She had a younger sister named Lavina and an older brother
named Austin. Her mother Emily Norcross Dickinson, was largely dependent on
her family and was seen by Emily as a poor mother. Her father was lawyer,
Congressman, and t ....
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.... By the time she was twelve, her family moved to a house on Pleasant
Street where they lived from 1840 to 1855. Emily was already writing
letters, but composed most of her poetry in this home. Emily only left home
to attend Mount Holyoke Female Seminary for two semesters.
Though her stay there was brief, she impressed her teachers with
her courage and directness. They felt her writing was sensational.
At the age of twenty-one, Emily and her family moved to the
Dickin ....
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