![]() ![]() Orphaned by age 11 - her mother dying in 1837 and her father in 1841. The youngest of six children born to Thomas and Harriet Arms Gilbert, Susan was According to the survivingĭocuments of Dickinson's writings habits, Susan is the only reader for whom we can document Substantially more writings to Susan than to any other correspondent. Their intense and constant relationship spanned five decades, and the poet sent (93), and indeed they enjoyed many mutual passions-for literature, gardening, recipes, music, Years to the day after Emily, Susan and Emily have been called "nearly twins" by Jean Mudge ![]() ![]() With Susan born nine days after Emily on December 19, 1830, about ten miles awayįrom Amherst in Old Deerfield, Massachusetts, and dying May 12, 1913, almost twenty-seven (image) "With the exception of Shakespeare, you have told me of more knowledge than any one living - To say that sincerely is strange praise." Letter from Dickinson to Susan Gilbert Dickinson, about 1882. A Nosegay for Battle: Susan Gilbert Dickinson Susan Gilbert Dickinson (1830-1913) ![]()
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