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The Black Cat –Edgar Allan Poe;1. The Author;1.1 Early Life Born Edgar Poe, the second child of two actors, in Boston in 1809. Poes father abandoned the family in 1810 and his mother died the following year. Thus orphaned, the child was taken in by John and Frances Allan, of?Richmond, Virginia. Although they never formally adopted him, Poe was with them well into young adulthood. Tension developed later as John Allan and Edgar repeatedly clashed over debts, including those incurred by gambling, and the cost of secondary education for the young man. Poe attended th