Edgar A. Poe on the WWW.

• Poe was born on January 19, 1809 in Boston.
• David = Father.
• Eliza = Mother.
• William Henry = Brother.
• Rosalie = Sister.
• Virginia = Cousin & Wife.
• Maria (Muddy) = Aunt & Mother-in-Law.
• December 8, 1811: Eliza Poe dies of TB.
• Edgar goes to live with the Allan family.
• John Allan = Foster father.
• Frances Allan = Foster mother.
• February 28, 1829: Frances Allan dies of TB.
• March 27, 1834: John Allan dies. He was worth 750,000 dollars. He left Edgar nothing!
• May 16, 1836: Poe marries his cousin Virginia.
• January 1842: Virginia coughs up blood while singing.
• January 30, 1847: Virginia dies of TB.
• October 7, 1849: Edgar A. Poe dies in Baltimore.
• Click here for Detailed Biography of Edgar Allan Poe.

Online Stories

Click on the story title to read it on-line.

• The Black Cat.
• The Tell-Tale Heart
• The Fall of the House of Usher
• The Oval Portrait.
• The Raven.
• Annabelle Lee.
• The Bells.
• Alone.
• The Cask of Amontillado.
• The Masque of the Red Death.
• The Pit and the Pendulum.
• Hop Frog.
• The Gold Bug.