ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -John worked several years as a clerk for his uncle before he started his own business as a tobacco merchant. He married the “much admired” Frances Keeling Valentine. John and Frances never had children of their own. Edgar Poe was two years old when he was brought into the Allan household.

Detailed explanation-2: -Early in 1795 he emigrated to Richmond, Virginia to work for his uncle William Galt, who had established himself there as a prosperous merchant. The next year, Allan formed a mercantile firm with Charles Ellis. By 1803, he was successful enough to marry a beautiful young socialite, Frances Valentine.

Detailed explanation-3: -Edgar Allan Poe had a number of odd jobs throughout his life. At various times he worked as a clerk, newspaper writer, and a soldier in U.S. Army. Later, he enrolled as a cadet at West Point, but never finished. After this, he supported himself mostly through his writing.

Detailed explanation-4: -Orphaned at age two, Poe grew up in the Richmond, Virginia home of a childless couple, merchant John Allan and his wife Frances. His foster parents treated him well, though Frances was Poe’s primary source of affection. Allan paid for Poe’s education at schools in England and in Virginia.

Detailed explanation-5: -His father, named David Poe Jr., and his mother, named Elizabeth Arnold Hopkins Poe, were touring actors. Both parents died in 1811, and Poe became an orphan before he was 3 years old.