bulldog1
Edgar Allen Poe's life was plagued with financial difficulty, alcoholism, and controversy. He was one of the first American writers to attempt to earn his living from writing alone, and often struggled to make ends meet.
Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allen Poe's tumultuous personal life
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Ruzhyo
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Poe married his 13-year-old cousin, Virginia Clemm, who was consumption and died young. The stress of his wife's illness drove Poe to drink more and more heavily. After her death he was said to begin behaving more erratically.
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Wutog
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The cause of Poe's death is unknown, newspapers of the time euphemistically suggested that Poe had died of advanced alcoholism.