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Hop-Frog
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Hop-Frog

Written by Edgar Allan Poe

Narrated by Patrick Lawlor

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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.

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Release dateSep 27, 2022
ISBN9781593165031
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Edgar Allan Poe

New York Times bestselling author Dan Ariely is the James B. Duke Professor of Behavioral Economics at Duke University, with appointments at the Fuqua School of Business, the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, and the Department of Economics. He has also held a visiting professorship at MIT’s Media Lab. He has appeared on CNN and CNBC, and is a regular commentator on National Public Radio’s Marketplace. He lives in Durham, North Carolina, with his wife and two children.

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  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
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    This 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 :)