Don’t go breaking my heart…

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Edgar Allan Poe married his 13-year old cousin Virginia Clemm in 1835 when he was 27. This image of Virginia was painted after her early death in 1847. Poe’s entire life-story reads (pretty much) as a cautionary tale…

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Edgar Allan Poe married his 13-year old cousin Virginia Clemm in 1835 when he was 27. This image of Virginia was painted after her early death in 1847. Poe’s entire life-story reads (pretty much) as a cautionary tale…