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Special thanks to B.J. Harrison of the Classic Tales Podcast, and John Robinson of NeedCoffee.com for allowing me to use their narations.
Edgar Allan Poe was born on January 19, 1809 and became an American author, poet, editor and literary critic. Best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre, Poe was one of the earliest American practitioners of the short story and is considered the inventor of the detective fiction genre, as well as the genre of science fiction. He was the first well-known American writer to try to earn a living through writing alone, resulting in a financially difficult life and career. Poe died in 1849, in Baltimore,
In the preface to The Raven and Other Poems , Poe
commented, “Events not to be controlled
have prevented me from making, at any time, any serious effort in what, under
happier circumstances, would have been the field of my choice. With me poetry
has been not a purpose, but a passion; and the passions should be held in
reverence; they must not — they cannot at will be excited with an eye to the
paltry compensations, or the more paltry commendations, of mankind.”
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