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Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe, (1809-1849), lived a sad and deeply troubled life. After losing his mother at the age of three, he was orphaned by Frances, a close friend of his mother's, and John Allan. After John Allan became involved in extramarital affairs while Frances lay dying of Tuberculosis, Edgar and John became estranged. John sent Edgar to the new and very rough University of Virginia with barely enough money to even get there. He struggled to make ends meet and took to gambling. After acquiring the equivalent of $25,000 in gambling debts, which John would not cover, Edgar joined the Army as Edgar Parry, to avoid debtor's prison, and later attended West Point for a short duration.

It was with his Aunt Maria Clemm and cousin Virginia that Edgar was finally able to find the warm and supportive home he so desperately needed. After leaving, a letter from Maria informed him that Virginia was to be sent to live with a relative. Upon reading this letter, Edgar, 27, became frantic and wrote a letter pleading with Maria to not do so, because he desperately loved Maria, 13. Contrary to popular belief, his life with Virginia was a happy one. Virginia lived for five years after contracting Tuberculosis, the same death to take the Fra


Poe's influence can be seen in the works of numerous writers including Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Henry James, Jules Verne, Rudyard Kipling, Edward Page Mitchell, James O'Brien, and H. P. Lovecraft. His work's influence can also be seen in the work of many notable film-makers including Alfred Hitchcock.

the sickness which killed his mother, his first love, his brother, and his wife. His poem

nces and his mother. It was in these five years that Edgar became insane. Virginia would get better then worse then better. It drove Edgar mad to not be able to earn enough money to keep her well fed, warm, or to even keep a roof over her head. His most famous poem, The Raven, earned only $14. After Virginia's death, he would be seen wandering out to her grave in the middle of the night, crying himself to sleep.

while men stood aloft and mocked." Poe is also credited with the creation of the detective story with his tale Murders in the Rue Morgue. This creation can be attributed to his need for order, his need to explain life logically. Edgar Allan Poe was both blessed and cursed by his genius, but we are privileged to glimpse into this genius through his writing.

passed on. The red death in his story The Mask of Red Death can only be Tuberculosis,

He once wrote, "women have been angels of mercy to me, t

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