
13 Unlucky Tales of Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Poe was born in Boston Massachusetts on 19th January 1809. His father abandoned his family the following year and within a year his mother had died leaving him an orphan.
He was taken in by the Allan family but never formally adopted although he now referred to himself as Edgar Allan Poe. His father alternatively spoiled or chastised him and tension was frequent over gambling debts and monies for his education. His university years to study ancient and modern languages was cut short by lack of money and he enlisted as a private in the army claiming he was 22, it is more probable he was 18. After 2 years he obtained a discharge in order to take up an appointment at the military academy, West Point, where he failed to become an officer.
Poe had released his 1st poetry volume in 1827 and after his 3rd turned to prose and placing short stories in several magazines and journals. At age 26 he obtained a licence to marry his cousin. She was a mere 13 but they stayed together until her death from tuberculosis 11 years after.
In January 1845 ‘The Raven’ was published and became an instant classic. Thereafter followed the prose works for which he is now so rightly famed as a master of the mysterious and the macabre.
Edgar Allan Poe died at the tragically early age of 40 on 7th October 1849 in Baltimore, Maryland. Newspapers at the time reported Poe's death as ‘congestion of the brain’ or ‘cerebral inflammation’, common euphemisms for death from disreputable causes such as alcoholism but the actual cause of death remains a mystery.
1 - 13 Unlucky Tales of Edgar Allan Poe - An Introduction
2 - The Fall of the House of Usher - Part 1 by Edgar Allan Poe
3 - The Fall of the House of Usher - Part 2 by Edgar Allan Poe
4 - The Facts In The Case of Monsieur Valdemar by Edgar Allan Poe
5 - Elenora by Edgar Allan Poe
6 - Ligeia by Edgar Allan Poe
7 - The Cask of Amontillardo by Edgar Allan Poe
8 - The Black Cat by Edgar Allan Poe
9 - Hop Frog by Edgar Allan Poe
10 - William Wilson by Edgar Allan Poe
11 - The Pit and the Pendulum by Edgar Allan Poe
12 - The Tell Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe
13 - The Premature Burial by Edgar Allan Poe
14 - The Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe
15 - The Murders in the Rue Morgue - Part 1 by Edgar Allan Poe
16 - The Murders in the Rue Morgue - Part 2 by Edgar Allan Poe
Author - Edgar Allan Poe.
Narrator - William Dufris.
Published Date - Thursday, 30 January 2025.
Location:
United States
Description:
Edgar Poe was born in Boston Massachusetts on 19th January 1809. His father abandoned his family the following year and within a year his mother had died leaving him an orphan. He was taken in by the Allan family but never formally adopted although he now referred to himself as Edgar Allan Poe. His father alternatively spoiled or chastised him and tension was frequent over gambling debts and monies for his education. His university years to study ancient and modern languages was cut short by lack of money and he enlisted as a private in the army claiming he was 22, it is more probable he was 18. After 2 years he obtained a discharge in order to take up an appointment at the military academy, West Point, where he failed to become an officer. Poe had released his 1st poetry volume in 1827 and after his 3rd turned to prose and placing short stories in several magazines and journals. At age 26 he obtained a licence to marry his cousin. She was a mere 13 but they stayed together until her death from tuberculosis 11 years after. In January 1845 ‘The Raven’ was published and became an instant classic. Thereafter followed the prose works for which he is now so rightly famed as a master of the mysterious and the macabre. Edgar Allan Poe died at the tragically early age of 40 on 7th October 1849 in Baltimore, Maryland. Newspapers at the time reported Poe's death as ‘congestion of the brain’ or ‘cerebral inflammation’, common euphemisms for death from disreputable causes such as alcoholism but the actual cause of death remains a mystery. 1 - 13 Unlucky Tales of Edgar Allan Poe - An Introduction 2 - The Fall of the House of Usher - Part 1 by Edgar Allan Poe 3 - The Fall of the House of Usher - Part 2 by Edgar Allan Poe 4 - The Facts In The Case of Monsieur Valdemar by Edgar Allan Poe 5 - Elenora by Edgar Allan Poe 6 - Ligeia by Edgar Allan Poe 7 - The Cask of Amontillardo by Edgar Allan Poe 8 - The Black Cat by Edgar Allan Poe 9 - Hop Frog by Edgar Allan Poe 10 - William Wilson by Edgar Allan Poe 11 - The Pit and the Pendulum by Edgar Allan Poe 12 - The Tell Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe 13 - The Premature Burial by Edgar Allan Poe 14 - The Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe 15 - The Murders in the Rue Morgue - Part 1 by Edgar Allan Poe 16 - The Murders in the Rue Morgue - Part 2 by Edgar Allan Poe Author - Edgar Allan Poe. Narrator - William Dufris. Published Date - Thursday, 30 January 2025.
Language:
English