G356 Book Review of Mrs. Poe by Lynn Cullen
Name of Book: Mrs. Poe Author: Lynn Cullen ISBN: 978-1-4767-0292-6 Publisher: Gallery Books Type of book: America, New York, 1845-1847, famous people, writing, Edgar Allan Poe, marriages, infidelities, friendship, romance, relationships, passion, forbidden fruit, life in 1840s Year it was published: 2014 Summary: A vivid and compelling novel about a woman who becomes entangled in an affair with Edgar Allan Poe—at the same time she becomes the unwilling confidante of his much-younger wife. It is 1845, and Frances Osgood is desperately trying to make a living as a writer in New York; not an easy task for a woman—especially one with two children and a philandering portrait painter as her husband. As Frances tries to sell her work, she finds that editors are only interested in writing similar to that of the new renegade literary sensation Edgar Allan Poe, whose poem, “The Raven” has struck a public nerve. She meets the handsome and mysterious Poe at a literary part...