[00:01.23] | Edgar Poe, an American writer, was born in 1809. |
[00:05.98] | His parents were actors. |
[00:08.14] | Edgar was a baby when his father left the family. |
[00:12.07] | He was two years old when his mother died. |
[00:15.22] | He was taken into the home of a wealthy business man named John Allen. |
[00:20.65] | He then received his new name, Edgar Allen Poe. |
[00:25.03] | As a young man, Poe attended the University of Virginia. |
[00:28.86] | He was a good student, but he liked to drink alcohol and play card games for money. |
[00:34.40] | As an unskilled game player, he often lost money. |
[00:38.38] | Since he couldn’t pay his gambling losses, he left the university and began working for magazines. |
[00:44.82] | He worked hard, yet he was not well paid, or well-known. |
[00:49.42] |
[00:01.23] | Edgar Poe, an American writer, was born in 1809. |
[00:05.98] | His parents were actors. |
[00:08.14] | Edgar was a baby when his father left the family. |
[00:12.07] | He was two years old when his mother died. |
[00:15.22] | He was taken into the home of a wealthy business man named John Allen. |
[00:20.65] | He then received his new name, Edgar Allen Poe. |
[00:25.03] | As a young man, Poe attended the University of Virginia. |
[00:28.86] | He was a good student, but he liked to drink alcohol and play card games for money. |
[00:34.40] | As an unskilled game player, he often lost money. |
[00:38.38] | Since he couldn' t pay his gambling losses, he left the university and began working for magazines. |
[00:44.82] | He worked hard, yet he was not well paid, or wellknown. |
[00:49.42] |
[00:01.23] | Edgar Poe, an American writer, was born in 1809. |
[00:05.98] | His parents were actors. |
[00:08.14] | Edgar was a baby when his father left the family. |
[00:12.07] | He was two years old when his mother died. |
[00:15.22] | He was taken into the home of a wealthy business man named John Allen. |
[00:20.65] | He then received his new name, Edgar Allen Poe. |
[00:25.03] | As a young man, Poe attended the University of Virginia. |
[00:28.86] | He was a good student, but he liked to drink alcohol and play card games for money. |
[00:34.40] | As an unskilled game player, he often lost money. |
[00:38.38] | Since he couldn' t pay his gambling losses, he left the university and began working for magazines. |
[00:44.82] | He worked hard, yet he was not well paid, or wellknown. |
[00:49.42] |