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was born In Boston
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Edgar was adopted by Allen family
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At the age of 17 he was already attending The University of Virginia
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published his second book”AL AARAAF”
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he decided to enter the US Army in 1827. He was 18 years old.
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In the same year he published his first book: “TAMERLANE AND OTHER POEMS”
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his father died without including him in his will.
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the poet married his cousin Virginia
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Edgar joined George R. Graham at the Graham’s magazine.
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Poe worked on his first detective novel “THE MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE
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he published his first great horror story “THE RAVEN”
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her biological mother and older brother when they died, his wife died of tuberculosis.
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he died because of brain congestion or his alcoholism but his death still remains a great mystery since the death certificate never appeared.
