Hop-Frog
"Hop-Frog" (originally "Hop-Frog; Or, the Eight Chained Ourang-Outangs") 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 of 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.
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- Author
- Edgar Allan Poe
- First published
- 1957
- Editions
- 30
- Subjects
- Fiction, general, Young adult fiction, classics, Revenge, Fiction
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Key facts
- Short story.name
- Hop-Frog
- Short story.title_orig
- Hop-Frog; Or, the Eight Chained Ourang-Outangs
- Short story.image
- Flag of Our Union 1849 Hop-Frog.png
- Short story.author
- Edgar Allan Poe
- Short story.country
- United States
- Short story.language
- English
- Short story.genre
- HorrorShort story
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"Hop-Frog" (originally "Hop-Frog; Or, the Eight Chained Ourang-Outangs") 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 of 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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1849 short storiesFiction about mass murderFiction about regicideFiction about revengeFictional characters with dwarfismFictional jestersFictional regicidesHorror short storiesShort stories adapted into filmsShort stories by Edgar Allan PoeWorks about dwarfismWorks originally published in The Flag of Our Union