The Tragic life of Edgar Allan Poe

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    fell in love with his cousin Virginia

    After moving in with his aunt he falls in love his fist cousin and she was 12 years old
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    Lifespan of Poe

    Edgar Allan Poe was a famous american writer who had a very tragic and short life he is sent to foster care with the Allan family
  • father leaves the family

    his father leaves his mother and 2 other siblings. This will affect Edgar opinion of men
  • Poe Mother dies

    Poe's died from TB when he almost 3.
  • First love

    At age 15 he falls in love with his friend mom and she passed away from brain cancer
  • sent to boarding school

    Forster mother is sick, foster father is having affairs, he sends him to boarding school with no money
  • Foster mother pass

    Foster mother dies of of TB and he had a close relationship
  • marries his cousin

    Poe and his cousin are married when she is 12 years old
  • Virginia get TB

    Poe Knows that she will die they are very poor and he worked his self to death trying to keep her alive
  • Poe publishes the Raven

    He gets paid only 14 dollars for this famous poem
  • his wife dies

    this causes him to drink more and he begins trying to find another women because he is sad
  • Poe dies

    Poe is found unconscious on a street Baltimore on Oct 3rd he is not wearing his own clothes and seems drugged. no one knows what happened to him. he dies a few days later