... wealthy man, but his father, David Poe, had left the family to become an actor, and Edgar was left with nothing. When his mother died, John Allan, a Richmond tobacco merchant, at the urging of his wife, Frances Allan, adopted Edgar. She was devoted to Edgar, and in his childhood he ... 23-25). In 1826, at the age of seventeen, Poe entered the University of Virginia. Although a good student he was forced to gamble since John Allan did not provide well enough. Having heard about Poe's gambling debts, Allan arrived in Charlottesville to investigate the matter himself. He was shocked to ......

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