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How Edgar Allan Poe became the darling of the maligned and misunderstood
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- Scott Peeples, Professor of English, College of Charleston
- Jan 19, 2023
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War and Peace named classic book readers are ‘least likely’ to finish.
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Edgar Allan Poe, who would have turned 214 years old on Jan. 19, 2023, remains one of the world’s most recognizable and popular literary figures.
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