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| | Biography: Edgar Allan Poe | The Work of Edgar Allan Poe (1809 - 1849) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10) |
 | | Poe next took up residence in Baltimore with his widowed aunt, Maria Clemm, and her daughter, Virginia, and turned to fiction as a way to support himself. |
 | | Poe, his aunt, and Virginia moved to Richmond in 1835, and he became editor of the Southern Literary Messenger and married Virginia, who was not yet 14 years old. |
 | | Poe published fiction, notably his most horrifying tale, Berenice in the Messenger, but most of his contributions were serious, analytical, and critical reviews that earned him respect as a critic. |
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