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Poe's childhood his mother's life was taken by a raging fire inside a theater.

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“The tell tale heart” was written 1850 and “the black cat” was written 1845

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Edgar, who was not on great terms with his biological or guardian families, enlists in the Army as Edgar. A. Perry

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Obsessed with cats, Edgar often wrote with a cat on his shoulder.

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“The Raven” was a personal challenge Edgar imposed upon himself. He wanted to write 100 line poem, enough for one sitting. He ended up with 108 lines, which apparently was good enough for Poe.

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in 1848 after his wife’s death in 1847, Poe attempted to commit suicide by ingesting opiates. Four days later, he sat to take this daguerreotype.

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Poe originally wanted to use a parrot instead of a raven, but he thought it didn’t evoke the right tone.

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Poe is credited for defining the modern short story.

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Edgars’s father, David, was an alcoholic and abandoned Edgar and his two siblings after Elizabeth’s death. He supposedly died 2 days later.

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One hundred and sixty-five years ago on October 7, 1849, Edgar Allan Poe died a mysterious death. Christopher P. Semtner, curator of the Edgar Allan Poe Museum in Richmond,

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He submitted stories to a number of magazines and they were all rejected.

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His ex fiance, Elmira Royster, decided to get engaged to another man while Poe was gone.

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When Poe was 6, he went to school in England for 5 years. He learned Latin and French, as well as math and history.

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Poe dropped out from debt and gambled the rest of his money to try to raise money for his expenses.

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In late 1830s, Poe published Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque, a collection of stories. It contained several of his most spine-tingling tales, including "The Fall of the House of Usher," "Ligeia" and "William Wilson."

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He also joined the U.S. Army around this time. Two years later, Poe learned that Frances Allan was dying of tuberculosis, but by the time he returned to Richmond she had already passed away.

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Poe married a woman named Virginia Clemm who wasn't even the age of fourteen.

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Edgar Allan Poe
attended military school in Stoke-Newington and later dropped out because of debt.

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Poe's parents died when he was three years old.

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was born in america writer who is famous  for his poems  and stories in the horror and mystery genres