Sylvanus Lewis

At the age of seventeen, Estelle Anna Robinson (who later wrote as Sarah Lewis) married Sylvanus D. Lewis , an attorney.

Sarah Lewis and her husband, Sylvanus D. Lewis , divorced; after that she began several years of extensive European travels.

Sarah Lewis and her husband began their relationship with Edgar Allan Poe and his family.

The relationship between SL and Poe seems more interesting to scholars, and is more frequently discussed, than most of Lewis's writings. Poe and his mother-in-law, Maria Clemm , spent a great deal of time at...

The year after Records of the Heart appeared, SL and her husband became acquainted with Edgar Allan Poe . Facing poverty and illness, Poe reportedly welcomed their kindness, friendship, and most importantly, their generosity. In...