... Lee"; his detective story, "The Murders in Rue Morgue"; "The Pit and the Pendulum" and "The Tell-Tale Heart" are the best among his horror stories; and The Raven one of his best poems which among all these, made him very famous in 1845. "The Fall of the House of Usher", and " ... to the university and broke off Poe's engagement to Sarah Elmira Royster, his Richmond sweetheart. His relationship with Allan was declined and he moved from his foster father and enlisted in the army. Also in 1827, he went to Boston where he wrote his fist book "Tamerlane and other poems" that he sold for ... P...

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... ? Is it because they"re scary? Or maybe because people die? Washington Irving and Edgar Allan Poe are both known for their addictive horror stories bringing your imagination to life, by using vivid words, the characters jump out at the reader. Whether it's having an axe smashed into your ... brain, or having your owner stab out your eyes, their stories take us into another land. Their stories come from different backgrounds. For example, Washington was a well respected person from a large, wealthy, aristocratic family. Meanwhile, Poe was a ... well respected man. He was born on April 3...

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... had a horrible time on this earth and a very short one, but I ended up being known as not only one of the most famous American poets but also the father of the murder mystery. Oh well, I"ll start from the beginning. I was born on January 19, 1809 in Boston, Massachusetts. Which would make me 192 years old ... . I think right there is when my life started to go down hill. I started to drink excessively and became a compulsive gambler. I had many fights with my foster father and he wouldn't help me with my gambling debt and I was forced to leave school after a year because I had gambled awa...

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Known today as the father of detective stories and the perfecter of the psychological thriller, Edgar Allan Poe is best known for his poetry and short fiction. Many say he deserves more credit than any other writer for ... . He sought expulsion from the school and got just that after not attending for a week. Poe next took up residence in Baltimore with his widowed aunt, Maria Clemm, and her daughter, Virginia, and turned to fiction as a way to support himself. For the next few years, his only bit of luck was winning a $50 prize offered by the Baltimore Saturday Visiter ... ...

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Edgar Allan Poe was a famous poet. Edgar Allan Poe's alcohol abuse and life lead to some of his famous poems. This is proven by two short stories "Tell Tale Heart" and "The Black Cat." Edgar Allan Poe was a famous American writer born in Massachusetts in 1809. He was an orphan raised by his older brother John Allan. ... . Poe enlisted in the army in 1827 and served a two year term. He wrote his second volume of verse Al Aaraaf. He then dropped out of the army and his father disowned him permantly. Edgar Allan Poe's third book Poems was written in 1831. That same year he moved to Baltimore, a...

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