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 ma ....
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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 free-lanc ....
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