Hop-Frog

Hop-Frog

By Edgar Allan Poe
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“A tale of horror and heart, Hop Frog teaches the lesson that you reap what you sow. With an incredibly creative plot and cast of characters, Poe is able to captivate the reader from start to finish.”

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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.