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Hop-Frog

Audiobook

Hop-Frog is a short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1849. The title character is a dwarf taken from his homeland who becomes the jester of a king particularly fond of practical jokes. Taking revenge on the king and his cabinet for striking his friend and fellow dwarf Trippetta, he dresses them as orangutans for a masquerade. In front of the king's guests, Hop-Frog murders them all by setting their costumes on fire before escaping with Trippetta. It has been suggested that Poe wrote the story as a form of literary revenge against a woman named Elizabeth F. Ellet and several others.


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Publisher: Listen & Live Audio, Inc. Edition: Unabridged

OverDrive Listen audiobook

  • ISBN: 9781593165031
  • File size: 12271 KB
  • Release date: October 5, 2009
  • Duration: 00:25:33

MP3 audiobook

  • ISBN: 9781593165031
  • File size: 12319 KB
  • Release date: October 5, 2009
  • Duration: 00:25:33
  • Number of parts: 1

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Languages

English

Hop-Frog is a short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1849. The title character is a dwarf taken from his homeland who becomes the jester of a king particularly fond of practical jokes. Taking revenge on the king and his cabinet for striking his friend and fellow dwarf Trippetta, he dresses them as orangutans for a masquerade. In front of the king's guests, Hop-Frog murders them all by setting their costumes on fire before escaping with Trippetta. It has been suggested that Poe wrote the story as a form of literary revenge against a woman named Elizabeth F. Ellet and several others.


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