‘Hop-Frog’ (originally ‘Hop-Frog; Or, the Eight Chained Ourangoutangs’) is a short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1849. The title character, a person with dwarfism taken from his homeland, becomes the jester of a king particularly fond of practical jokes. Taking revenge on the king and his cabinet for the king’s striking his friend and fellow dwarf Trippetta, he dresses the king and his cabinet 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.
Critical analysis has suggested that Poe wrote the story as a form of literary revenge against a woman named Elizabeth F. Ellet and her circle.
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Lingua Inglese ● Formato EPUB ● Pagine 150 ● ISBN 9782291030171 ● Dimensione 0.1 MB ● Casa editrice AB Books ● Città Dubai ● Paese AE ● Pubblicato 2018 ● Scaricabile 24 mesi ● Moneta EUR ● ID 9309847 ● Protezione dalla copia DRM sociale