EDGAR ALLAN POE

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• Edgar Poe was born on
• January 19th, 1809 in
• Boston.

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• Edgar Poe's parents names
• were David and Eliza Poe.

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• Edgar Poe both of his parents.
• He lost his mother to tuberculosis in
• December 8, 1811. He lost his dad
• At an unknown time.

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• Edgar Poe was taken in by
• John and Frances Allan who
• Were successful tobacco
• Merchants.

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• In 1815 Edgar Poe went
• To the Misses Duborg
• Boarding school.

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• Edgar Poe went to the
• University of Virginia but
• he had to leave because
• he ran out of money.

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• Poe's first published book
• was the Tamerlane and other
• Poems. It was published in 1827.

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• In 1830 Poe went to West Point.
• But he was court-marshaled for
• disobeying orders.

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• In 1835 Poe got an editor's
• job in Richmond.

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• On may 16, 1836 Poe
• married Virginia his cushion.

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• In 1837 Poe moved to New York
• but when he looked for a job he
• couldn't find one.

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• In 1841 Poe published the
• first ever detective story called
• The murders in the rue.

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• In 1845 Poe published the book
• called "The Raven".

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• On 1847 Poe's wife Virginia
• died from tuberculosis.

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• In 1849 Poe became engaged
• to Elmira his child hood friend.

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• On October 7th, 1849 Edgar
• Allan Poe died in a hospital in
• Boston.

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• Edgar Allan Poe's final words
• were "it's all over now; write
• Eddy is no more".

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• I think that Poe's life was
• so remarkable because he
• was one of the best story writers
• in the world.

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• One of the themes of Poe's works
• that I think reflected on his life is
• how they all are depressing.