the man behind the macabre: Edgar Allen Poe

By calebtalton2
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    life span of edgar allen poe

    Poe was a famous american author who lead a very tragic and twisted life that ultimately influenced his writing

  • father abandoned family

    when Poe was a year old his father left the family beginning of a horribly dreadful life with men.

  • mothers dies

    mother dies of tuberculosis

  • becomes foster child

    Poe became a foster child and was separated from all his sisters and was now with a loving mom and another horrible dad

  • first love dies

    poes first love jane dies of brain cancer

  • foster mom dies

    foster mom struck with tuberculosis and dies not long after this continues the death of the women he has loved

  • Virginia

    Poe fell in love with cousin Virginia and married her

  • wife Virginia

    wife and cousin Virginia died due tuberculosis.