Hop-Frog
Written by Edgar Allan Poe
Narrated by Patrick Lawlor
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About this 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.
Edgar Allan Poe
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Reviews for Hop-Frog
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5This one was a surprise for me. Not exactly one of his creepiest stories, but it really made you agree that the bad guys, the king & his ministers' council totally deserved what they got. To take away a boy's name & call him by a ridiculous name simply because of his disabilities is a sad thing, but I know that historically it did happen with court fools. I am glad to see that the fool gets the upper hand in this one :)