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Edgar Allan Poe     Edgar Allan Poe, the first master of the short story, had pen galore(postnominal) short stories from mysteries to morbidity. Edgar was born on January 19,1809 in Boston, Massachussettes. Edgars Parents, David and Eliza, were both in the acting business. Poe also had a sister, who is rarely spoken of. When Edgar was young his set about fleed from the family, leaving Edgar, his mother, and sister alone. At the age of two Edgars mother died of tuberculosis. Edgar was and then placed in a foster home with John and tramp Allan.      When Edgar was fifteen he had enough stories written to publish a book, besides his foster father would not allow it. In 1826 Edgar enrolled into the University of Virginia. He cute to become a translator. The life at the University of Virginia was very disturbing, there were many accounts of violence such as riots, fighting, and murders. By the end of the year Edgar was in debt from gambling, exceeding two-thousand five-hundred dollars. When Poe went back to Richmond, Virginia, where John lived for the summer, he expected his father to fabricate his debts, but his father made him work to pay his debts.      In 1827 Edgar go out of the Allan house to Boston, Massachussettes. Edgar then published his first book Tamerline and other Poems . In 1827 Edgar joined the U.S. Army where he stayed for two years. In 1829 Edgar wrote his secondly book Aarat, Tamberline, and Other Poems by...