The Life Of Edgar Allen Poe

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The Life of Edgar Allen Poe

     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
make ends meet.
     When he was 17, Poe entered the University of Virginia. Allan, his step
father, gave Poe only a small allowance, and the young man soon began owing
money. He gambled and ran into greater debt. By the end of the year he owed
2,500 dollars. He was nervous and unstable, and he began to drink. Despite his
frequenting liquor, he could never hold it well. He would easily become ill from
the alcohol. Allan angrily withdrew Poe from school, and a few months later Poe
left home.
        For the next four years Poe struggled to earn a living as a writer. He
returned to Mrs. Clemm's home and submitted stories to magazines. His first
success came in 1833, when he entered a short-story contest and won a prize of
50 dollars for the story "MS. Found in a Bottle." By 1835 he was the edi...

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