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born January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849
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In 1826 Poe left Richmond to attend the University of Virginia, where he excelled in his classes while accumulating considerable debt.
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was an American author, poet, editor and literary critic, considered part of the American Romantic Movement.
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His works have been in print since 1827 and include such literary classics as “The Tell-Tale Heart,” “The Raven,” and “The Fall of the House of Usher.”
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Poe struggled to find magazine work and wrote his only novel, The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym.
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wife contracted tuberculosis
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Poe died on October 7, 1849 at the age of forty