| 1 | Emily E. | Dickinson | Protagonist. aka: Miss Nobody. |
| | Lavinia | Dickinson | Emily Dickinson's pretty sister. aka: Vinnie. |
| | Emily's | Grandfather | One of the Founders of Amherst College. |
| | Edward | Dickinson | Emily and Vinnie Dickinson's father. |
| | Mr. | Nobody | A handsome stranger that Emily Dickinson met. |
| 2 | Mrs. | Dickinson | Emily's mother. |
| | Mr. Hiriam | Cosley | Owner of area where one of the slaves got bitten by a mad dog. |
| | Mr. | Banbury | Emily Dickinson's neighbor. |
| | Jasper | | Edward Dickinson's horse. |
| | Dr. | Gridley | Dickinson's Family Physician. |
| | Mr. | Magee | The Blacksmith. |
| | Mr. | Ripley | Mr. Edward Dickinson's clerk. |
| 3 | Abiah | Root | Emily Elizabeth Dickinson's neighbor. |
| | Mrs. | Child | A Book Author. |
| | Mary | Katherine | Dickinson's Maid. |
| | Colton | | The Reverend in First Congregational Church. |
| 4 | Chapman | | A Police Constable. |
| | Mrs. | Elmstree | A woman whose cow got stolen. |
| 5 | Austin | Dickinson | Emily Elizabeth Dickinson's older brother. |
| 6 | Mr. | Cutler | Owner of a Clothing Store. |
| | Mr. Samuel | Wentworth | A Beekeeper. |
| 7 | Ralph Waldo | Emerson | A Poet. |
| | Henry | Langston | Violet Langston's son / Samuel Wentworth's nephew. |
| 9 | Jeremiah | Wentworth | Samuel Wentworth's brother / Deceased. |
| | Violet | W. Langston | Jeremiah Wentworth's sister / Ursula Langston's mother. |
| | James | Wentworth | James Wentworth's son. |
| 10 | Ursula | Langston | Emily Elizabeth Dickinson's classmate in Amherst Academy. |
| | Stanley | | Emily Elizabeth Dickinson's cousin. |
| 11 | Charles | Langston | Violet Langston's husband. |
| | Horace | Goodman | Owner of Mr. Nobody's clothes. |
| 12 | Mrs. | Hitchcock | The Amherst College President's wife. |
| | Mrs. | Gilbert | A Bank Owner's wife. |
| 15 | Jane | Gridley | Lavinia Dickinson's friend. |
| 19 | Bridget | | Mary Katherine's sister. |