Hop-Frog

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A dwarf is taken from his homeland and 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 before escaping with Trippetta.

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90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books

Edgar Allen Poe’s short stories have lost none of their power to horrify. He remains a destabilizingly terse sketcher out of ideas, a writer who allows the reader to fill in the many ghastly blanks in his narratives of violence, retribution and animalism. It is hard to recommend Hop-Frog wholeheartedly (its original subtitle was: Or, The Eight Chained Ourang-Outangs) as it is such an affront to decency, but you will certainly never forget it.

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Weight 90 g
Dimensions 18.2 × 11.1 × 0.9 cm
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Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Paperback

Pages

144

Language

English

Edition

Reprint

Dewey

813.3 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K

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