Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe was born in 1809 in Boston and was an American poet and writer. Edgar Allan Poe is known for his poetry and short stories that depict macabre and morbid stories and characters. His father abandoned the family in 1810, and when his mother died the following year, Poe was taken in by John and Frances Allan. He attended the University of Virginia but left after a year due to lack of money. He quarreled with John Allan over the funds for his education, and his gambling debts. In 1827, having enlisted in the United States Army, under an assumed name, he published his first collection, Tamerlane and other poems credited only to "a Bostonian". Poe and Allan reached a temporary rapprochement after the death of Allan's wife in 1829. Poe later failed as an officer cadet at Westpoint declared a firm wish to be a poet and writer, and parted ways with Allan.

Poe switched his focus to prose, and spent the next several years working for literary journals and periodicals, becoming known for his own style of literary criticism. His work forced him to move between several cities, including Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York City. In 1836, he married his 13-year-old cousin,Virginia Clemm, but she died of tubercolosisin 1847. In January 1845, he published his poem "The Raven” to instant success. Poe died in Baltimore in 1849, aged 40, under mystereous circumstances. He believed that work of quality should be brief and focus on a specific single effect.To that end, he believed that the writer should carefully calculate every sentiment and idea.

The tell-tale heart

The story is narrated by a man that wants to prove that he is not mad and describes the murder he committed to prove that. He murdered a old man that lived with him because his eye was evil.