Edgar Allan Poe (1809-49) was born in Boston, Massachusetts. Orphaned by the age of two, he was brought up by foster-parents. Following his expulsion from both the University of Virginia & West Point, he led a precarious existence as an editor, critic & writer. In 1844 his poem ' The Raven' caused a sensation, but after his wife's death in 1847 he drank heavily & died mysteriously in Baltimore. The best of Edgar Allan Poe's poems in a beautiful new gift edition