The Works Of Edgar Allan Poe

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a man, who wanted to reenlist anyhow, if I paid him seventy-five dollars.
After leaving the army, I drafted a poem dubbed “Al Aaraaf.” Carey, Lea and Carey decided that they would publish it if Allan gave his consent and guaranteed that if it was not a success that he would pay them back. He did not want to do this however, so they would not publish it.
I wanted to attend West Point and as I was waiting to get in I concentrated on my poetry. I sent some of my poems to a very prominent critic and he regarded them as good works of literature.
After that, I had Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane and Minor Poems, published. I was only twenty-one and most of these poems had been written before I was fifteen.
Finally I got into the Military Academy and while there I wrote another book of poems. But I got a court-martial for neglecting to attend classes and roll calls. Even though I was kicked out of West Point, the authorities still allowed me to sell my books of poems to the ...

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was a happy one. My mother-in-law lives with us and helped keep the home orderly and Virginia happy.
Eventually we moved to New York where I was offered a job that fell through. I admit turning to drink to get through these hard years. I did some editing work and we somehow got by, but early in 1842, as Virginia was singing for a group of our friends one evening, she suffered a hemorrhage – the sign of advanced tuberculosis. I wanted to believe it was only an accident – the result of the strain of singing, but these attacks continued for five years. During this time I pushed myself to continue writing.
In 1843 I received one hundred dollars for a contest in which I entered “The ...

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