Edgar Allen Poe Although Edgar Allen Poe only lived to be 40, he constructed many great works of literature in his short life. Poe was orphaned in early childhood, and he was then raised by the Allen family in Richmond Virginia. Mr. Allen, his foster father, was a very successful business man. At the age of six, he was taken to England with the family and placed into various private schools. Poe returned to the U.…
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