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19: The Enigma of Emily Dickinson (Part 2)

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Emily's Letters to Susan

In these letters, Emily is stripped of the measured and economic prose of the Higginson letters. In a letter from June of 1852, Emily mentions that she has not seen Susan in almost a year but that the thought she will be seeing her soon fills her with tears. Her emotions are conveyed in their raw vulnerability, without editing, as they stream forth.

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