Biography of Edgar Allan Poe

Title: Biography of Edgar Allan Poe
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Biography of Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe was born in Boston, Massachusetts. His parents who were itinerant actors and died while Edgar and his siblings were young at age. His father David Poe Jr. died in 1810 and a year later his mother, Elizabeth Hopkins Poe died in 1811, leaving three children in the household. Edgar was taken into the home of a Richmond merchant John Allan, while his remaining siblings were cared for by others. Poe's brother, William died young …showed first 75 words of 382 total…

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…showed last 75 words of 382 total…time Mrs. Shelton. To Virginia he addressed the famous poem "Annabel Lee", which was the death of a beautiful women. Poe suffered from bouts of depression and madness, and he attempted suicide in 1848. In September the following year he disappeared for three days after a drink at a birthday party and on his way to visit his new fiancée in Richmond. He turned up in delirious condition in Baltimore gutter and died on October 7, 1849.

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