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Edgar Allan Poe · Alexandria

Person · 1809 CE – 1849 CE

Edgar Allan Poe

Also known as

E. A. Poe
E. A. Poe
E. A. Poe
E. A. Poe
E. A. Poe
E. A. Poe

Image illustrating Edgar Allan Poe — archival plate · Wikimedia Commons · Edgar Allan Poesee Wikimedia Commons

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genredark romanticism
authorEldorado1849 CE
authorEulalie
authorNever Bet the Devil Your Head
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authorThe Thousand-and-Second Tale of Scheherazade

authorUlalume1847 CE

authorWilliam Wilson