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I died for beauty

I died for beauty

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"Amherst, 1857. The Dickinson family braves one of the worst winters in New England's history. Trains are snowbound and boats are frozen in the harbour. Emily Dickinson and her maid, Willa Noble, have never witnessed anything like it. As Amherst families attempt to keep their homes warm, fears of fire abound. These worries prove true as a blaze breaks out just down the street from the Dickinsons' in Kelley Square, the Irish community in Amherst,...