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Edgar Poe, an American writer, was born in 1809. |
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His parents were actors. |
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Edgar was a baby when his father left the family. |
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He was two years old when his mother died. |
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He was taken into the home of a wealthy business man named John Allen. |
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He then received his new name, Edgar Allen Poe. |
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As a young man, Poe attended the University of Virginia. |
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He was a good student, but he liked to drink alcohol and play card games for money. |
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As an unskilled game player, he often lost money. |
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Since he couldn’t pay his gambling losses, he left the university and began working for magazines. |
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He worked hard, yet he was not well paid, or well-known. |
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