The Life Of Edgar Allen Poe
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Edgar Allen Poe, the greatest American teller of mystery and suspense
tales in the 19th century was a tormented artist. He struggled to become the
accomplished author he is known as today. Poe is now acclaimed as one of
America's greatest writers, but in his own unhappy lifetime, he struggled to
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.... contest and won a prize of
50 dollars for the story "MS. Found in a Bottle." By 1835 he was the editor of
the Southern Literary Messenger. He married his cousin Virginia, who was only 13,
and Mrs. Clemm stayed with the couple. The Poes had no children.
This success would not last. Poe's stories, poems, and criticism in the
magazine, The Southern Literary Messenger soon attracted attention, and he
looked for wider opportunities, not a good choice. From 1837 to 1839 he tried
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