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Edgar Allan Poe: Virginia Clemm
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In 1837, hoping to find work in the literary world, Poe moved to New York City. His inability to find work because of an economic depression and the fact that he was fired from the Southern Literary Messenger (Poe was deplored for his drinking), caused the Poes and Mrs. Clemm to relocate to Philadelphia. Poe’s Philadelphia years proved to be his most fruitful, although his heavy drinking continued.
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In Baltimore, Poe was taken in by his widowed aunt, Mrs. Maria Clemm. She was the sister of Edgar’s real father. Mrs. Clemm did not care if Poe had a job or not. She loved him and admired him for who he was. Mrs. Clemm had a daughter named Virginia Clemm. She adored and admired the young writer .... When Virginia was thirteen, she and Poe became married.
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At the age of 17, Edgar enrolled at the University of Virginia. His records and grades there were excellent, but he soon realized that he could not rely on his family to pay his expenses. The small amount of money that Mr. Allan gave to Edgar was used for gambling, in the hopes that the amount could be increased in this way.
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At the age of seventeen Poe entered the University of Virginia at Charlottesville. He left that institution after one session. Official records prove that he was not expelled. On the contrary, he gained a creditable record as a student, although it is admitted that he contracted debts and had “an ungovernable passion for card-playing.” These debts may have led to his quarrel with Mr. Allan which eventually compelled him to make his own way in the world.
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While living in Philadelphia, Poe went from the high of being a popular lecturer to the despair of learning that his wife Virginia was ill with tuberculosis. The brief and tragic life of the author, his times, and literary legacy are interpreted in the building that once sheltered Poe and his family.
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The Broadway Journal provided Poe an opportunity to have editorial control over a magazine, though he was not truly the owner. Unfortunately, the Journal was unable to stay solvent, and in 1846 it went out of circulation. Poe’s personal condition at this time ... took a turn for the worse, as the stress of Virginia’s up and down illness and the troubles of the Journal induced him again into drinking.
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