Edgar Poe

Edgar Poe
Physical Description
Gender	Male
Hair	Brown (TV series)
Skin	Tan (TV series)
Relationships
Family Members	Arthur Poe (father) Polly Poe (mother in books) Albert Poe (brother) Eleanora Poe (aunt in books, mother in Netflix series)
Affiliation
Loyalty	Poe Family
Behind the Scenes
Appearances	The Bad Beginning
Adaptation Appearances	Netflix Adaptation: The Bad Beginning: Part One
Portrayed by	Kaniel Jacob-Cross

Edgar Poe: How'd you do it?

Violet Baudelaire: Do what?

Edgar Poe is the son of Arthur and brother of Albert Poe. In the books, he is the son of Polly Poe and nephew of Eleanora Poe. In the TV series, he is the son of Eleanora, whose character has been combined with Polly's.

Biography

Edgar and Albert are described as loud and obnoxious boys. When his father announces that the Baudelaires are leaving, after having had to stay with the family for some time, Edgar complains that Sunny bites, and tosses a chicken bone to the floor. While the Baudelaires pack, Edgar and Albert help their mother clear the table, and Sunny solemnly bites Edgar and Albert's shoes so that they won't forget her.

Netflix Series Divergent Canon

Edgar and Albert only appear in the first episode, where they argue over dinner about whether their mother prepared a crow or a raven.

He has several books on his side of the bedroom. As soon as his parents leave the room, he asks the Baudelaire children how they set the fire, meaning that he believes they burned down their house and murdered their parents.

Lemony Snicket said that one of the brothers followed their father into the banking world, while the other "lives in a cave and talks to sheep," and each thinks the other has it better.

Trivia

• His name and his brother's name are allusions to Edgar Allan Poe.
  • They may also be allusions to Edgar Albert Guest; whose poetry Lemony Snicket rates as "awkward, tedious poetry on hopelessly sentimental subjects".
• His only appearance is in The Bad Beginning.
• He is portrayed by Kaniel Jacob-Cross in the TV series.

Family

Books

Unknown

Eleanora Poe

Arthur Poe

Polly Poe

Edgar Poe

Albert Poe

Netflix Series

Arthur Poe

Eleanora Poe

Edgar Poe

Albert Poe

Appearances

Books
A Series of Unfortunate Events (Books)
1. The Bad Beginning (1999):	Debut	7. The Vile Village (2001):	Absent
2. The Reptile Room (1999):	Absent	8. The Hostile Hospital (2001):	Absent
3. The Wide Window (2000):	Absent	9. The Carnivorous Carnival (2002):	Absent
4. The Miserable Mill (2000):	Absent	10. The Slippery Slope (2003):	Absent
5. The Austere Academy (2000):	Absent	11. The Grim Grotto (2004):	Absent
6. The Ersatz Elevator (2001):	Absent	12. The Penultimate Peril (2005):	Absent
13. The End (2006):		Absent
All the Wrong Questions
Who Could That Be at This Hour? (2012):	Absent	Shouldn't You Be in School? (2014):	Absent
When Did You See Her Last? (2013):	Absent	Why Is This Night Different from All Other Nights? (2015):	Absent
File Under: 13 Suspicious Incidents (2014):		Absent
Snicketverse
Lemony Snicket: The Unauthorized Autobiography (2002):		Absent
The Dismal Dinner (2004):		Absent
The Beatrice Letters (2006):		Absent
29 Myths on the Swinster Pharmacy (2014):		Absent
The Hero of the Story (2017):		Absent
Poison for Breakfast (2021):		Absent
Other Snicket Books
The Baby in the Manger (2002):		Absent
The Latke Who Couldn't Stop Screaming (2007):		Absent
The Lump of Coal (2008):		Absent
The Composer Is Dead (2009):		Absent
13 Words (2010):		Absent
The Dark (2013):		Absent
Goldfish Ghost (2017):		Absent

Gallery

In the kitchen.

With his family.

Bedroom.