EDGAR ALAN POE

Stephanie WoolseyDecember 15th, 2011

POE’S EARLY LIFE

Poe was born January 19th, 1809.

Poe had a brother Henry, and sister

Rosalie .

Poe’s mother died when he was two years

old.

The children were separated after their

mothers death.

POE’S TEENAGE YEARS

Poe attended school in England for five years, then moved to America.

Poe attended one year of college at the university of Virginia 1827.

Poe was in debt, and dropped out of college.

Poe soon became a heavy drinker.

POE IN THE ARMY

Poe needed money and joined the army.

Poe was eighteen at the time.

He did well and became a sergeant major.

John Allan refused to send Poe money and Poe was dismissed.

POE AS A WRITER

Poe moved back to New York.

Poe had some of his poetry published.

Poe had no friends in New York.

Poe later became the editor of a newspaper.

He won a contest with his story “The Manuscript Found In a Bottle.”

POE’S STORIES

The Haunted Palace.

The Gold Bug.

Ligeia.

The Murders in the Rue Morgue.

Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque

POE LIKED GAMBLING

Poe often gambled the little money that he had.

He went deeper in debt.

Lead to self destruction, ill health, and poverty.

POE’S MARRIAGE

Poe married Virginia Clemm, his 13-year-old cousin in 1836.

She died a few years later.

He kept her body under his bed.

POE’S FINAL DAYS

Poe had many financial troubles.

He left New York and moved to Philadelphia.

Then moved to Richmond.

Joined a group and tried to stop drinking.

He renewed his romance with Sarah Royster Shelton.

POE’S DEATH

Poe was having troubles.

Lapsing in and out of consciousness.

He was taken to the hospital.

He could not explain what was happening to him

He later died in the hospital on Sunday, October 7th, 1849.