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The stars guide the narrator of his Gothic poem "Ulalume" |
Edgar Allan Poe
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$2,000 |
DJ |
AMERICAN LIT |
2024-07-10 |
#9143 |
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The year before his 1809 birth, his parents acted in "King Lear", leading scholars to believe he was named for a "Lear" character |
Edgar Allan Poe
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FJ |
AMERICAN AUTHORS |
2021-05-21 |
#8405 |
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Alfred Hitchcock wrote, "It's because I liked" his "stories so much that I began to make suspense films" |
Edgar Allan Poe
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FJ |
AMERICAN AUTHORS |
2019-03-21 |
#7954 |
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On his 1849 death, it was said he was "regarded rather with curiosity than admiration" & "few will be grieved" |
Edgar Allan Poe
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FJ |
AMERICAN AUTHORS |
2016-07-26 |
#7352 |
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He wrote, "The hellish tattoo of the heart increased. It grew quicker & quicker, & louder & louder every instant" |
Edgar Allan Poe
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FJ |
AMERICAN LIT |
2011-02-23 |
#6093 |
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Unlike some of his other scary stories, "The Pit and the Pendulum" has a happy ending |
(Edgar Allan) Poe
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$400 |
DJ |
AMERICAN LIT |
2008-09-15 |
#5521 |
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An epigraph he used on one story says, "our hearts though stout and brave, still, like muffled drums are beating" |
Edgar Allan Poe
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FJ |
AMERICAN LITERATURE |
2007-01-15 |
#5146 |
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His scary 1842 story "The Masque of the Red Death" begins, "The 'Red Death' had long devastated the country" |
Edgar Allan Poe
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$400 |
DJ |
AMERICAN LITERATURE |
2003-09-23 |
#4377 |
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His story "MS. Found in a Bottle" was the prize-winning entry in an 1833 newspaper contest |
Edgar Allan Poe
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$400 |
DJ |
AMERICAN LITERATURE |
1997-04-07 |
#2911 |
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Mrs. Marie Louise Shew inspired this poet to write about the bells that annoyed him |
Edgar Allan Poe
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$100 |
J |
AMERICAN LIT |
1997-01-22 |
#2858 |
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His first collection, "Tamerlane and Other Poems", was published in 1827 & credited to "A Bostonian" |
(Edgar Allan) Poe
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$800 |
DJ |
AMERICAN LITERATURE |
1996-03-01 |
#2655 |
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His famous story "The Premature Burial" is set "some miles down the banks of" the James River in Virginia |
Edgar Allan Poe
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$200 |
DJ |
AMERICAN LITERATURE |
1995-05-18 |
#2479 |
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Among the scary stories he published in 1843 were "The Tell-Tale Heart" & "The Black Cat" |
Edgar Allan Poe
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$200 |
DJ |
AMERICAN LITERATURE |
1994-11-09 |
#2343 |
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While an editor of Graham's Magazine, he wrote "The Masque of the Red Death" |
Edgar Allan Poe
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$600 |
DJ |
AMERICAN LITERATURE |
1993-11-08 |
#2111 |
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He received only $10 for the first publication of "The Tell-Tale Heart" |
(Edgar Allan) Poe
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$400 |
DJ |
AMERICAN LITERATURE |
1993-02-26 |
#1960 |
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A 40-year old widower, he was engaged to remarry when he died mysteriously in Baltimore in 1849 |
Edgar Allan Poe
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FJ |
AMERICAN AUTHORS |
1991-07-10 |
#1598 |
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He wrote “The Bells” & “Annabel Lee” at his farmhouse in the Bronx |
Edgar Allan Poe
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$400 |
DJ |
AMERICAN LITERATURE |
1991-04-09 |
#1532 |
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C. Auguste Dupin is an amateur detective who appears in 3 of his short stories |
(Edgar Allan) Poe
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$400 |
J |
AMERICAN LITERATURE |
1990-08-25 |
#11 |
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Manet did illustrations for a French translation of this author's poem "The Raven" |
Edgar Allan Poe
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$200 |
DJ |
AMERICAN AUTHORS |
1989-09-05 |
#1147 |
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Upon seeing this author in the audience, a 19th c. actor worked "Nevermore, nevermore" into his dialogue |
(Edgar Allan) Poe
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$100 |
J |
AMERICAN AUTHORS |
1989-03-29 |
#1063 |
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It's said he was kidnapped in Baltimore during the 1849 election & forced to vote so many times he collapsed & died |
Edgar Allan Poe
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$800 |
DJ |
AMERICAN AUTHORS |
1988-05-03 |
#857 |