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Edgar Allan Poe once wrote the famous quote, “Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.” Born on January 19, 1809, he was raised by two actors in a boarding house along Carver Street, in Boston, Massachusetts. His years in Massachusetts had not been long forgotten. For an author of so many great tales, Poe led a depressing life in his adolescent years, undergoing many mental obstacles. Even without a proper education in schooling or a healthy childhood, Edgar Allan Poe still remains to be known as one of the greatest writers of his time.
In the earlier stages of his life, he and his siblings had to undergo the loss of both their parents. Their father, David Poe, had failed as an actor and a husband when he’d taken a turn for the worst, relying on alcohol which had encouraged his violent temper. He had deserted his wife and three children in July of 1811 and with this leaving their mother, now a widower, alone with two-year-old Edgar, his elder brother Henry, and his infant sister Rosalie. She struggled to feed her children for the next few months as she accepted any stage role offered to her just for a few bucks. Then on December 8, 1811, Elizabeth Poe died of tuberculous in Richmond, Virginia only 5 months after David had fled. The three children huddled close to their mother’s deceased body until they were soon to be taken away from each other.
After his mother’s death Edgar had been sought out by Frances Allan who convinced her

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