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Born in Boston to David and Eliza Poe, January 1809.
His father abandons Edgar and his family in the summer of the year.

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Eliza Poe dies of tuberculosis shortly after giving birth to daughter. His father dies three days later. The children are split up, Edgar and his sister getting adopted, and his brother moving to his grandparents. This 'abandonment' became a big focus point for his work.

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Edgar goes to university , but his hostile relationship with his guardians means he has to pay for it with funds won is gambling. Unsurprisingly, Edgar ends up thousands of dollars in debt. He runs away to Boston to become a poet.

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With his poet business failing, Edgar enrols in the American army. He becomes a successful solider, known for his reliability and competence. He rises in the ranks quickly and soon becomes the rank of sergeant major.

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Bored of the army, Edgar joins the Westpoint U.S Military Academy, paid for by his adopted father after his adopted mother died. He grows bored of there too, so he purposely gets expelled. After racking up some more fines, which his guardian pays for, Edgar is disowned and never saw his adopted father again. Edgar then moves to Baltimore to live with his Aunt.

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Edgar leaves Baltimore for a the Southern Literary Messenger, his new job, working as a critic and editor.

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Now financially stable, Edgar marries his cousin from Baltimore Virginia Poe.

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Poe is fired from the Southern Literacy Messenger because of his substance abuse issues. Edgar had become a serious alcoholic, and caused many issues because of it. One time, writer Thomas English Dunn said he saw Edgar drunk struggling in a vain attempt to get himself out of the gutter.

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Edgar releases his poem The Raven, which becomes wildly successful and makes him famous. Two poem collections get released and children follow him in the streets chanting Nevermore. Poe gets paid $135 dollars, all of which go towards his advance for the poem.

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Edgar's critical acclaim goes away after multiple scandals and drunken rants. Still living with his Aunt and now Mother in Law, and his wife, they move to Manhattan.

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Virginia dies of tuberculosis at the age of 24. On her death bed she makes her mother promise to look after Edgar for the rest of his life.

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With the death of his wife Edgar decides to marry his way out of poverty. He exchanges letters with the rich widowed wife Sarah Helen Whitman, and proposes to her unannounced, too which she declines. A month later he tries again and she declines again. Edgar leaves and proposes to a married woman, whom declines, then he returns to propose two more times to Sarah who eventually agrees.

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Edgar and Sarah divorce after he no longer will receive the family shares and because he is already cheating on the relationship.

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Edgar Allen Poe boards a ship to Baltimore and begins drinking. He gets found in gutter incoherent and slowly dying. He dies mysteriously

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To this day Edgar Allen Poe's texts have profound relevance and meaning. His life of poverty and loss would have led to him writing novels that craft a mood of intense sadness and darkness expertly. People still research his writing philosophies and writing techniques, clearly proving he was a unique writer, uniqueness that could only be gained from writing his life experiences into his novels. While not word for word, Edgar definitely took inspiration for his works from his unique life an life view.