This Brief Tragedy : Unravelling the Todd-Dickinson Affair

230pp plus central section of plate illustrations. Indexed. Card covered boards (tiny scuff on lower leading corner). Internally neat, clean, bright and tight, barring small crease on front endpaper. In its original dust jacket (lightly bumped on lower leading corner). Dust jacket supplied in archival-quality mylar wrapper to protect and prolong the life of the jacket. It is not adhered to the book or to the dust jacket. Examination of the last few years of Emily Dickinson's life and the tragedies that affected her and her family, including her brother Austin's illicit love affair with Mabel Todd.