HopFrog, Edgar Allan Poe
HopFrog, Edgar Allan Poe
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Hop-Frog

Author: Edgar Allan Poe

Narrator: Marcus Aurelius Green

Unabridged: 28 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/04/2024

Synopsis

In Hop-Frog, Edgar Allan Poe presents a dark and chilling tale of revenge and deception. The story follows Hop-Frog, a deformed jester who serves a cruel king and his court. Despite his outwardly comical appearance, Hop-Frog harbors a deep-seated grudge against his tormentors. When the king and his ministers plan a masquerade ball, Hop-Frog seizes the opportunity to enact a meticulously crafted plan of vengeance.Poe's masterful storytelling delves into themes of cruelty, humiliation, and retribution, culminating in a dramatic and haunting resolution. The story's macabre twist highlights Poe's ability to blend Gothic horror with psychological depth.Narrated by Marcus Aurelius Green, this audiobook brings Poe’s intense and suspenseful narrative to life with a voice that captures the story's dark atmosphere and emotional weight. Hop-Frog remains a powerful exploration of revenge and the lengths to which one might go to reclaim their dignity.

About Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) was an American poet, short story writer, editor, and literary critic who is credited with inventing the detective fiction genre and with contributing to the emerging science fiction genre. He began his literary career with the anonymous publication of a collection of his poems entitled Tamerlane and Other Poems. He then turned to writing prose and spent the next several years working for literary journals and periodicals, becoming well known for his particular style of literary criticism. He served for a time on the staff of the New York Mirror, in which his poem "The Raven" was published. Poe's other well-known works include his stories "The Purloined Letter," "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," and "The Mystery of Marie Roget."

Reviews

Goodreads review by Francesc on July 30, 2021

Estupendo relato. En pocas páginas, Poe realiza una auténtica metáfora del poder ejercido por los poderosos sobre los débiles y de la venganza. Poe tiene la capacidad de con muy poco decir mucho. Great story. In a few pages, Poe realizes a true metaphor of the power exercised by the powerful over the......more

Goodreads review by Michael on April 03, 2018

This tale of revenge is less gothic than many of Poe's other tales, yet it still packs an allegorical punch. Here we have a story of a dwarf who's a court jester to a king who just loves a good joke, often at the dwarf's expense. But the king goes too far when one day he throws wine in the face of t......more

Goodreads review by Glenn on May 06, 2017

Love and Revenge – among the most intense, powerful, all-consuming passions in the entire range of human experience. I just did finish Jo Nesbø's The Son, a novel fueled by high octane love and revenge, enough revenge that when a reader turns the book’s last page, the tally of corpses for the morgue......more

Goodreads review by Ruby on January 07, 2021

I didn't like this story as much as Poe's others. As a reader, it's hard to know whether you are supposed to sympathise with Hop-Frog or not. The king is certainly the main villain of the story -- he is described as a "tyrant" and a "monster", and is perfectly cruel. However, Hop-Frog is not describ......more

Goodreads review by Eloy on January 18, 2021

"En los tiempos de mi relato los bufones gozaban todavía del favor de las cortes. Varias «potencias» continentales conservaban aún sus «locos» profesionales, que vestían traje abigarrado y gorro de cascabeles, y que, a cambio de las migajas de la mesa real, debían mantenerse alerta para prodigar su......more

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