Subject: Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886 (Keywords)

In mid-19th century Amherst gossip is rife about one of the town's citizens: Emily Dickinson, a budding poet and recluse. When young Miranda Chase moves to the town with her family, she unexpectedly finds herself fast becoming Emily's dearest friend.

The acclaimed biographer of Mary Wollstonecraft, T.S. Eliot, Charlotte Bronte, Virginia Woolf and Henry James, turns now to the life of Emily Dickinson, one of America's best-loved poets.

The story of two loves: one past, one present, both intimately entwined with Emily Dickinson's life.

The story of two loves: one past, one present, both intimately entwined with Emily Dickinson's life.