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THE LIFE
OF
EDGAR ALLAN POE
BY
WILLIAM F. GILL
ILLUSTRATED
D. APPLETON & CO.
NEW YORK
CLAXTON, REMSEN & HAFFELFINGER
NEW YORK
WILLIAM F. GILL & CO.
BOSTON
1877
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CONTENTS.
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[PREFACE · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·
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CHAPTER I.
ANCESTRY.
9-20
CHAPTER II.
CHILDHOOD. 1809-1826.
21-39
CHAPTER III.
EARLY HARDSHIPS. 1826-1834.
40-70
CHAPTER IV.
BEGINNING A LITERARY CAREER. 1834-1838.
71-87
CHAPTER V.
VARIED EXPERIENCES IN PHILADELPHIA. 1838-1844.
88-127
CHAPTER VI.
CAREER IN NEW YORK. 1844-1846.
128-179
CHAPTER VII.
LAST YEARS. 1846-1849.
180-244
APPENDIX.
245-315
Notes:
The dedication page reads:
TO
NEILSON POE, ESQ.,
IN ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THE KINDLY SYMPATHY AND VALUABLE AID AFFORDED,
THIS VOLUME,
THE FIRST COMPLETE LIFE OF HIS KINSMAN, EDGAR ALLAN POE, YET PUBLISHED,
IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED.
The copyright page states:
Copyright, 1876
WILLIAM F. GILL.
and
GETCHELL BROS., PRS.,
252 Washington Street, Boston, Mass.
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