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A million candles have burned themselves out. Still I read on. (Montresor)

Edgar Allan Poe

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Edgar Allan Poe
Age: 40 †
Born: 1809
Born: January 19
Died: 1849
Died: October 7
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Crime Writer
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Boston
Massachusetts
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Edgar Poe
E. A. Poe
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