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Poe
Title: Poe
Category: Society & Culture / People
Details: Words: 369 | Pages: 1.6 (approximately 235 words/page)
Poe
American writer Edgar Allan Poe, Over came extraordinary obstacles in his life
to create exceptional writings. He is one of the greatest most accomplished poets, short-
story writers, and literary critics . The British author with the most interesting life is
Edgar Allan Poe.
Edgar Allan Poe was born January 19, 1809 in Boston, Massachusetts. His father
deserted the family and his mother died before Poe was three years old. His father David
Poe Jr. died probably in 1810 …showed first 75 words of 369 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 369 total…good luck. He attended the University of
Virginia for a year, but in 1827 his foster father, displeased by the young man's drinking
and gambling, refused to pay his debts and forced him to work as a clerk.
Poe, disliking his new duties intensely, quit the job. "Poe, Edgar Allan," Microsoft®
Encarta® Encyclopedia 99. © 1993-1998 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
After the two quarreled in March 1827, Poe left home for Boston, where he later enlisted
in the army
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