Family+Life

=**Family Life of Emily Dickinson**=

She was born to Edward Dickinson and Emily Norcross Dickinson on December 10th, 1830. She grew up in a prominent and prosperous household in Amherst, Massachusetts. Both parents raised her to be a cultured and christian woman. Her father attempted to protect her from reading books that might distract her mind from her religious faith. Her mother was often sick. She had an older brother named Austin, and a younger sister named Lavinia. Emily and Lavinia never got married and spent much of their time together inside the house, not being social. Her parents were firm believers in education; her grandfather even helped found Amherst College. Her mother was detached and absent minded. Emily and her mom never shared anything in common and they were not very close.

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