Career+and+Important+Works

Early Career in Writing and in Magazines
Edgar did not had much success with his writing early on. He wrote many stories but every magazine he would send them to would reject them. Eventually he one a writing contest for his story, "The Manuscript Found in the Bottle." This got him his first job as an editor at a magazine called // Southern Literary Messenger //. Edgar was a great editor for this magazine and he made the magazine much more successful than it used to be. This job had a very low salary though so Edgar quit. Befor Edgar could get another editing job at a magazine he wrote his first volume of short stories. This volume was called "Tales of Grotesque and Arebesque" which Edgar received copies of and had copyrighted. He did not make any money on this volume though.

[[image:http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/images/c0/c598.jpg width="145" height="223" caption="an Edgar Allan Poe book of short stories"]]Publication and Reviews on Most Important Stories
Many stories that Edgar Allan Poe had written in his lifetime became famous and have lived on to modern day. After hundreds of years his dark and mysterious short stories have remained classics. One of his most famous stories is "The Tell Tale Heart" which was first published in 1843 in // The Pioneer //. The story was a hit and was republished in magazines like the // Broadway Journal //. "The Masque of the Red Death" is another short story written by Edgar. After being published in 1842 in // Graham's Lady's and Gentleman's Magazine //. Many different interpretations have been made while the amount readers of this story grew. Another story, "The Muders of the Rue Morgue," was published in // Graham's Magazine // in 1841 and is said to be the very first detective story! "The Cask of Amontillado" is a classic horror short story as well and was published in 1846 in // Godey's Lady's Book //. It is amazing that all of these stories have remained classics for over a century!

Publication and Reviews on Important Poems
Edgar Allan Poe was a master of poetry. The poems he wrote were powerful and many became widely popular. One of the most famous poems Edgar wrote was "The Raven." It was published in 1845 in // The New York Evening Mirror //. It soon became very well known and was, for the most part, said to be amazing. Another great poem of Edgar's was "Annabel Lee" which was published in 1849 in // Sartain's Union Magazine //. It was the last full poem that Edgar wrote and it came out after his death. Many believe he wrote it about his wife, Virginia Clemm. "Eldorado" is also a very famous poem by Edgar Allan Poe which was published in 1849 in // The Flag of Our Union //. This was one of Edgar's last poems he wrote before his death.

Fame and Fortune
When it came to money, Edgar had his ups and he had his downs. He would be rich one week, then in debt the next. He would spend almost all of his money on alcohol. His most famous stories like the Gold Bug earned him a lot of cash and recognition. Of course he could barely make a living even after making hundreds of dollars on The Gold Bug and other famous stories of his. He could never learn to handle his money responsibly. Of course now he is extremely famous but even during his lifetime some of his stories became famous all over the world.