Her siblings were an older brother, Austin
, and a younger sister, Lavinia
. Neither knew that their sister wrote poetry.
Wolff, Cynthia Griffin. Emily Dickinson. Knopf.
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Family and Intimate relationships
Emily Dickinson
Susan Gilbert
, ED
's sister-in-law, was one of the female friends she earnestly valued. The letters that Emily wrote to her future sister-in-law, as well as her correspondence with Austin
, during the 1850s...