Edgar allan poe january 19, 1809 october 7, 1849 was born to a scotsirish family in boston, massachusetts, the son of actress elizabeth arnold hopkins poe and actor david poe, jr. The fall of the house usher, the goldbug, the murders in rue morgue, the telltale. The text was based on manual of conchology by thomas wyatt, an english author and lecturer. He first served at fort independence in boston harbor for five dollars a month. Edgar allan poe elevated the gothic story, developed the unreliable narrator, recast psychological terror, and reveled in both the horror and the supernal beauty of death.
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