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Edgar Allan Poe's classic short horror story about a dwarf who is taken from his homeland and forced to become a jester for a king who loves practical jokes. But when the king's cabinet strikes his friend, he dresses them up like orangutans for a special masquerade party. Then... Read Full Overview

I never knew anyone so keenly alive to a joke as the king was. He seemed to live only for joking. To tell a good story of the joke kind, and to tell it well, was the surest road to his favor. Thus it happened that his seven ministers were all noted for their accomplishments as... Read Full Overview

El apodo que da t tulo al cuento (Hop-Frog, traducible por "rana saltarina") corresponde al protagonista del mismo, un enano apartado de su patria que se convierte en buf n de un rey muy aficionado a las bromas. El buf n acaba veng ndose del rey y sus cortesanos despu s de que... Read Full Overview

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,... Read Full Overview

First published in a 1849 edition of The Flag of Our Union, Hop-Frog is a revenge tale akin to The Cask of Amontillado. Told from the perspective of a crippled jester who was taken from his homeland and has been abused by the king he serves, the story focuses on the revenge Hop-Frog... Read Full Overview

First published in a 1849 edition of The Flag of Our Union, Hop-Frog is a revenge tale akin to The Cask of Amontillado. Told from the perspective of a crippled jester who was taken from his homeland and has been abused by the king he serves, the story focuses on the revenge Hop-Frog... Read Full Overview