Hop-Frog - Short Story

Edgar Allan Poe

Publié par HarperPerennial Classics, le 02 septembre 2014

25 pages

Résumé

Disabled court jester Hop-Frog is moved to elaborate murder when the king strikes the jester's diminutive friend, Trippetta. "Hop-Frog" is a fearsome tale of revenge by American writer Edgar Allan Poe. A pioneer of the short story genre, Poe's stories typically captured themes of the macabre and included elements of the mysterious. His better-known stories include "The Fall of the House of Usher", "The Pit and the Pendulum", "The Murders in the Rue Morgue", "The Masque of the Red Death" and "The Tell-Tale Heart". HarperPerennial Classics brings great works of literature to life in digital format, upholding the highest standards in ebook production and celebrating reading in all its forms. Look for more titles in the HarperPerennial Classics collection to build your digital library.