He was born on January 19, 1809, in Boston, Massachusetts. He was the son of actors, so he never really saw them. The father David Poe Jr, left the family and his mother Elizabeth Poe died when Edgar was only three. He orphaned by a man named John Allan who was a tobacco trader in Virginia. As he got older, he went to the university of Virginia but would not have the funds to pay for school.
He would turn to gambling to help pay for his debts. It did not work and made him more financially unstable. He went home and found out his fiancee was married to another man. He was completely heartbroken which made a major setback on his life. He would soon leave the family and go to West Point. West Point was a military academy and he excelled greatly at the academy. He was later kicked out of the academy after a year because he was unable to handle his duties at West Point. After he left the Academy, he was focused on his passion which was his writing. He stayed at his Aunt's house with her daughter Virginia. He would eventually fall for his her and she became a literary as well as a love interest for him.
He ended up working for many things that included his writings. Those were the Southern Literary Messenger, The Narrative Of Arthur Gordon Pym, Burton's Gentleman's Magazine, and finally The Broadway Journal.
He had soon published The Tales Of The Grotesque and Arabesque. It was a collection of stories that contained tales that were very suspenseful. Eventually, he had won a prize in literacy due to his works. It was called The Gold Bug which represented his tales of secret codes and treasure hunting.
One of the best of his works is called The Raven because it was a sensation to people of the time. It had greatly explored the common themes of his life which were death and loss. He had amazing short essays or stories which are The Philosophy of Composition, The Poetic Principle, The Rationale of Verse, and The Cask of Amontillado. Also the great poems such as Ulalume and The Bells. It had given him the nickname "The Father of The Detective Story".
Edgar Allan Poe's death is as mysterious as much of his own writing. No one knows how he died but it is estimated that he died of congestion of the brain. He had recently lost his love life a few years back and he died about two years after. He was on his way to Philadelphia but was found in Baltimore. He was sent to the Washington College Hospital, he died there and his last words were "Lord, help my poor soul."
He would turn to gambling to help pay for his debts. It did not work and made him more financially unstable. He went home and found out his fiancee was married to another man. He was completely heartbroken which made a major setback on his life. He would soon leave the family and go to West Point. West Point was a military academy and he excelled greatly at the academy. He was later kicked out of the academy after a year because he was unable to handle his duties at West Point. After he left the Academy, he was focused on his passion which was his writing. He stayed at his Aunt's house with her daughter Virginia. He would eventually fall for his her and she became a literary as well as a love interest for him.
He ended up working for many things that included his writings. Those were the Southern Literary Messenger, The Narrative Of Arthur Gordon Pym, Burton's Gentleman's Magazine, and finally The Broadway Journal.
He had soon published The Tales Of The Grotesque and Arabesque. It was a collection of stories that contained tales that were very suspenseful. Eventually, he had won a prize in literacy due to his works. It was called The Gold Bug which represented his tales of secret codes and treasure hunting.
One of the best of his works is called The Raven because it was a sensation to people of the time. It had greatly explored the common themes of his life which were death and loss. He had amazing short essays or stories which are The Philosophy of Composition, The Poetic Principle, The Rationale of Verse, and The Cask of Amontillado. Also the great poems such as Ulalume and The Bells. It had given him the nickname "The Father of The Detective Story".
Edgar Allan Poe's death is as mysterious as much of his own writing. No one knows how he died but it is estimated that he died of congestion of the brain. He had recently lost his love life a few years back and he died about two years after. He was on his way to Philadelphia but was found in Baltimore. He was sent to the Washington College Hospital, he died there and his last words were "Lord, help my poor soul."
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