Despite several carefully-crafted search strings, the only information we can find indicating a relationship is in one review on Amazon. That being the case, we doubt any close relationship.
Emily Dickinson father's name was Edward Dickinson. He was a prominent lawyer and treasurer at Amherst College. Her family was consider well-off and well-known.
Emily had a very reclusive life. She spent her years living upstairs at her father's house. She wrote as her way to express her feelings to the outside world. She was quite certain that she would be...