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    Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic born in 1809 in Boston. He was orphaned as a child and attended the University of Virginia. Some of his most famous works include the poems "The Raven" and "Annabel Lee" as well as short stories like "The Tell-Tale Heart," "The Fall of the House of Usher," and "The Pit and the Pendulum." Poe died in 1849 in Baltimore at the age of 40 of "acute congestion of the brain."

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    Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic born in 1809 in Boston. He was orphaned as a child and attended the University of Virginia. Some of his most famous works include the poems "The Raven" and "Annabel Lee" as well as short stories like "The Tell-Tale Heart," "The Fall of the House of Usher," and "The Pit and the Pendulum." Poe died in 1849 in Baltimore at the age of 40 of "acute congestion of the brain."

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    Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic born in 1809 in Boston. He was orphaned as a child and attended the University of Virginia. Some of his most famous works include the poems "The Raven" and "Annabel Lee" as well as short stories like "The Tell-Tale Heart," "The Fall of the House of Usher," and "The Pit and the Pendulum." Poe died in 1849 in Baltimore at the age of 40 of "acute congestion of the brain."

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    Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic born in 1809 in Boston. He was orphaned as a child and attended the University of Virginia. Some of his most famous works include the poems "The Raven" and "Annabel Lee" as well as short stories like "The Tell-Tale Heart," "The Fall of the House of Usher," and "The Pit and the Pendulum." Poe died in 1849 in Baltimore at the age of 40 of "acute congestion of the brain."

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    Edgar Allan Poe

    Life
    Edgar Allan Poe was born on
    January 19, 1809, in Boston. Poe’s father and
    mother died before the University of Virginia Died October 7,
    Was an American writer, poet, editor, poet was three years 1849 (aged 40)
    and literary critic. old. Baltimore, Maryland,
    U.S.
    On October 3, 1849, he was found in
    a state of semi-consciousness. Poe
    died four days later of “acute
    congestion of the brain.” 2
    List of selected works Short stories Poetry
    Poe’s work as an editor, poet, and The Black Cat Annabel Lee

    critic had a profound impact on The Fall of the House of The Bells
    Usher
    American and international The City in the Sea
    The Gold-Bug
    literature. His stories mark him as A Dream Within a Dream
    Hop-Frog
    one of the originators of both The Raven
    horror and detective fiction. The Imp of the Perverse
    The Pit and the Pendulum
    The Tell-Tale Heart

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