Edgar Allan Poe’s good times did not last

Though his works are now revered and highly valued in his native land, Edgar Allan Poe spent most of his writing life in debt. There were, however, a few months in the early 1840s when, while working in Philadelphia as an editor and contributor on 'Graham’s Magazine', he enjoyed some short-lived financial success.

It was then that he treated himself to the French gold-cased pocket watch shown here.

Sadly, thos…

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