The Belle of Amherst

3.96

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A biographical play that draws on Emily Dickinson's poems and letters and firsthand accounts of relatives and friends to recreate the life and spirit of the great American poet

Genres: PlaysDramaTheatrePoetryHistorical Fiction

78 Pages

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