Piccirilli, Tom. “Of Persophone, Poe, and the Whisperer.” Evermore. ed. James Robert Smith and Stephen Mark Rainey. Arkham House Pub, 2006. 163 - 173. Print.

Poe as a child in 1817 London with the Allens.  He is in a boarding school as a student with William Wilson. A great many allusions to Poe stories of the future.  

Poe is a lonesome child with only one friend.  Old beyond his years, and with a morbid point of view. Very polite.