Edgar Allan Poe Facts
- Poe's parents died when Poe was very young.
- His relationship with his step-parents, particularly his father was very strained.
- Dropped out of University of Virginia due to excessive gambling debts.
- Poe returned home to see the love of his life who was engaged to another man. Her father sent a fake later from Poe to his daughter breaking it off.
- Attended Westpoint Military Academy. Later he was discharged from the Army and dropped out of there, too.
- Later Poe married his cousin Virginia Clemm who died early in their marriage.
- Poe's room number at the University of Virginia was 13. The number of places he lived prior to joining the Army was 13. The age of his wife when they married was 13.
- No one knows exactly how Poe died; however, cooping, an old form of voting fraud, is the most popular explanation.
Edgar Allan Poe's Most Famous Works
Tales that will haunt and tantalize your imagination...
- The Raven
- Annabelle Lee
- The Bells
- The Tell Tale Heart
- The Black Cat
- The Cask of Amontillado
- The Fall of the House of Usher
- The Masque of the Red Death
- The Pit and the Pendulum
- William Wilson
- The Imp of the Perverse
- The Purloined Letter
The Raven, The Black Cat, and the Tell Tale Heart
To read The Raven, Interactive Raven style, click on the link. The Tell Tale Heart can be found in you Literature Book on page 78, or go to Classzone for the online book. Also, here is the Annotated Version of The Black Cat.
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