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愛倫坡 (Edgar Allan
Poe) 生於1809年1月19日。
雖然愛倫坡是一個成功的編輯、新聞工作者，以及文學評論家，但是他個人的生活卻充滿著悲劇與羅曼史。愛倫坡的父母都是演員，在他兩歲的時候就去世了。他被仁慈但沒有小孩的愛倫夫婦所收養。他們讓愛倫坡上最好的學校，並且在任何方面都資助他，但是愛倫坡卻有好賭與酗酒的壞習慣。他一生中失去了許多女人：第一個就是他的母親，接著是他朋友的母親在他15歲的時候去世，養母也在他20歲的時候也去世，而他身體虛弱的太太維吉尼亞 (Virginia
Clem) 也在很年輕的時候就離開了人世。
Poe was a successful editor, journalist, and critic of literature, but his personal life was full of tragedy and romance, much like his stories. Poe's parents, both actors, died when he was two. He was left in the care of kind, childless foster parents, the Allans. They sent him to excellent schools and supported him in every way, but Poe had problems with gambling and drinking. He experienced the loss of many of the women in his life: first his own mother, then a friend's mother when he was 15, his foster mother when he was 20, then his frail young wife, Virginia Clem.
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