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Edgar Allan Poe’s literary life

  • Poe writes and prints his first book, "Tamerlane and other Poems".

  • Poe submits a number of stories to magazines but they are rejected.

  • Poe writes “Bernice”

  • Poe writes “Legeia”

  • Poe writes "The Fall of the House of Usher".

  • "Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque", Poe's first volume of short stories, is published.

  • Poe writes "The Man of the Crowd".

  • Poe writes "Eleorora". Poe writes "A Descent into the Maelstrom". Poe writes "The Murders in the Rue Morgue".

  • Poe writes "The Mystery of Marie Roget". Poe writes "The Oval Portrait". Poe writes "The Pit and the Pendulum". Poe writes "The Tell-Tale Heart".

  • Poe writes "The Black Cat". Poe wins a hundred dollar prize for "The Gold Bug".

  • Poe writes "The Purloined Letter". Poe writes "The Premature Burial".

  • Poe writes "The Raven". Poe writes "The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar". Poe writes "The Imp of the Perverse". Poe writes "Some Words with a Mummy".

  • Poe writes "The Cask of Amontillado". Poe writes "The Philosophy of Composition".

  • Poe writes "The Poetic Principle".

  • Poe writes "Hop-Frog".