Intriguing Facts Surrounding Edgar Allan Poe’s Life and Death

Edgar Allan Poe, master of the macabre, is considered the inventor of the detective fiction genre. Timeless prose and poems such as The Tell-Tale Heart and The Raven still give spine-chilling experiences and grim amusement to readers, even though more than a hundred sixty years have passed since he died.  As it turns out, Poe’s life and death were as captivating as his legendary stories and characters. His wife died at the age of 24, which, coincidentally, is the same age of death as both his mother and brother. Poe devoted the rest of his life to writing and editing, but suffered from further personal tragedy, as well as alcoholism and literary scandal. - See more at: http://thepoeconsequence.com/intriguing-facts-surrounding-edgar-all...