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Behind the Lit: Edgar Allan Poe Marries His 13-Year-Old Cousin

Behind the Lit: Edgar Allan Poe Marries His 13-Year-Old Cousin

By Freddie Moore

September 22, 2014

179 years ago today, it was OK to marry your underage first cousin — and Poe did exactly that with Virginia Eliza Clemm.

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