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Edgar Allan Poe Research Paper

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Edgar Allan Poe is an American writer and poet, famous for horror and mystery tales and poems. Edgar Allan Poe was born on January 19, 1809, in Boston, Massachusetts. Poe didn’t really know his parents that well, his father left when he was a baby and his mother passed away from tuberculosis when he was three. John and Frances Valentine Allan raised Poe. Edgar formed a bond with Frances but had a more difficult relationship with John. John, who was a successful tobacco merchant, discouraged Poe from writing poetry and instead wanted him to continue the family business. Poe went to the University of Virginia in 1826 and did very well in his classes. However, he didn’t get enough money from Allan to pay for it. He tried gambling but ended up
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