| Edgar Allen Poe was born in 1809. His mother was a actress who had three children total. She contracted tuberculosis. Poe even watched her die in bed, when he was not yet three. Poe was sent to a foster home by his father, and he was taken in by the Allen's family. This new family of his, brought young Edgar up to be a fine, polite, gentleman. A older woman Poe loves, named Jane Stannard dies of brain cancer. His foster mother, Mrs. Allen contracted tuberculosis and laid sick in bed, meanwhile h...
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