Hop-Frog

Edgar Allan Poe (Jan 19, 1809 – Oct 7, 1849) was an American author, poet, editor, and literary critic, considered part of the American Romantic Movement. Best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre, and is generally considered the inventor of the detective fiction genre. Poe and his works influenced literature in the United States and around the world He was the first well-known American writer to try to earn a living through writing alone, resulting in a financially difficult life and career.


‘Hop-Frog’ is a tale by Edgar Allan Poe that was initially published in 1849 in ‘The Flag Of Our Union’. The tale is written in the genre of horror. Once upon a times there lived a king who was fond of joking and pranking so all his ministers were jokers. The King had a real dwarf-joker as well. He was presented as a gift along with a girl called Trippetta. One day the king decided to play a special prank featuring the dwarf…