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life span of Poe
Edgar Allan Poe was a famous american writer that had a very tragic and short life. -
his father leaves the family
his father leaves his mother and two other siblings. this will affect how Poe thinks of men. -
mother died
poes mother died from tb when he is almost 3. he is sent to foster care with the Allan family -
first love
at age 15 Edgar falls in with with his friends mother. she passes away from brain cancer -
sent to boarding school
foster mother is sick. foster dad is having relationships with other woman.so he sent Edgar to boarding school with no money. -
foster mother passes away
foster mother dies of TB, he had a very close relationship with -
fell in love with his little cousin virgina
after moving in with his aunt he falls in love with his 12 year old cousin -
marries virgina
Poe and his cousin are married when she is almost 13 and he is 26. they have a happy life together -
virgina gets TB
Poe knows that she will die. they where 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 woman because he is so sad -
Poe dies
Poe is found unconscious on the street Baltimore on Oct 3rd, he is not wearing his own cloths and seems drugged. no one knows what happened to him. he died a few days later in the hospital