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Dickinson

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2019 · 3 seasons · 30 episodes · 30 min

Emily Dickinson has a restless imagination, formidable talent and little patience for the narrow future her family and neighbours expect her to…Read more +Read less −

Emily Dickinson has a restless imagination, formidable talent and little patience for the narrow future her family and neighbours expect her to accept. In nineteenth-century Amherst, writing becomes both her private refuge and a way to challenge the boundaries around gender, ambition and belonging. Her intense bond with Sue Gilbert is central to that journey, complicating family loyalties and the question of what a life devoted to art might cost. The series mixes period settings with deliberately modern language, music and humour rather than presenting a conventional literary biography. Across three seasons, Emily's creative development and her love for Sue remain intertwined, with desire given as much importance as literary ambition.

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Hailee Steinfeld

Hailee Steinfeld

as Emily Dickinson

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Ella Hunt

Ella Hunt

as Sue Gilbert

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Country
United States
Language
English
Premiere
2019-11-01
Finale
2021-12-24
Seasons
3
Episodes
30
Runtime
30 minutes
Production
Tuning Fork Productions · Sugar 23 · wiip · Anonymous Content
Broadcaster
Apple TV
Producers
Darlene Hunt · Diana Schmidt · Hailee Steinfeld · David Gordon Green · Alena Smith · Michael Sugar · Paul Lee · Ashley Zalta · Robbie MacDonald · Alex Goldstone · Josh Stern

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