Claire Lowdon

Emily Dickinson was not such a recluse after all

Far from being closeted in her bedroom, her letters show that she was still travelling in her mid-thirties, and taking pleasure in gardening and the glories of nature

Emily Dickinson, aged 18 (oil over a daguerreotype). [Alamy]
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  • The Letters of Emily Dickinson

    edited by Cristianne Miller and Domhnall Mitchell

    Belknap Press, pp. 832, £39

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