Edgar Allan Poe Biography

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family and placed in the Manor House School, a private school conducted by a conductor just like the one in " William Wilson, " one of Poe's short stories. Poe returned to the United States in 1820 where he continued to be taught in private schools. In 1826, Poe entered the University of Virginia, but only stayed for one year. He had to drop out because John Allan would no longer pay his tuition. The reason that Allan stopped paying Poe's tuition was because he received bills from his gambling. He also became a heavy drinker
while at the University of Virginia. After that, Allan broke up Poe's
engagement to Sarah Elmira Royster, his sweetheart from Richmond. In
1827, Poe published his first book, Tamerlane and Other Poems. With no support and no money, Poe then enisted in the United States army. Two years later, while his rank was sergeant-major, Poe received a discharge to enter West Point, with the help of Mr. Allan. But again, Poe felt that his foster father did not ...

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