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| OctilIery 09/22/19 4:44:09 AM #11: | MabusIncarnate posted... Poe was a pretty big alcoholic though, was fond of absinthe and mixed it with other liquor. I don't recall any opium or drug abuse. That's actually a myth. While Poe drank a lot at times, including excessively, he never had a history of struggling with it, and would abstain for long periods. He had some particularly nasty rivals who painted him to be a drunk after his death. IIRC, he also had an obituary that said something along the lines of "Poe's loss will be mourned by his readers and nobody else", but that may have been another author. ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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