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Around this time, John Allan's trading firm suffered a series of financial setbacks, the company itself was dissolved, and Poe's stepfather took to extramarital affairs and to the bottle.Allan, he looked upon this woman as his idealized mother, and her untimely death was the apparent cause of his first extended period of psychological depression, during which he often visited her grave Poe received support and encouragement from the mother of a classmate, Jane Stith Stanard, but she died of a brain tumor when he was fifteen years old.He was made fun of for being the son of 2 actors (a disreputable occupation) and an unadopted stepson of the Allans.Poe was an excellent student and a superior swimmer and marksman, but he was not popular.The Allans returned to Virginia in 1820, where Poe continued his education at private schools.It was in England that Poe first became acquainted with the Gothic literature that was popular in Europe at the time.In England, Poe spent his childhood at prestigious boarding academies.In 1815 he took his wife and Poe on an extended business trip to England.John Allan was a Scottish/English merchant who kept a tight hold on the family’s purse strings, but also recognized the value of education.
Poe was separated from his siblings and placed in the care of a childless couple, John and Frances Allan (Poe was never leagally adoped by the couple).Elizabeth Poe took Edgar and his 2 siblings, William Henry and Rosalie, to Richmond, VA in 1811, where she died later the same year.Poe’s father abandoned his family around the time of his 2nd birthday.Father, David Poe, Jr., was a less successful actor due to alcoholism.Mother, Elizabeth Arnold Poe, was a successful actress.
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