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Edgar Allen Poe’s short stories have lost none of their power to horrify. He remains a destabilizingly terse sketcher out of ideas, a writer who allows the reader to fill in the many ghastly blanks in his narratives of violence, retribution and animalism. It is hard to recommend Hop-Frog wholeheartedly (its original subtitle was: Or, The Eight Chained Ourang-Outangs) as it is such an affront to decency, but you will certainly never forget it.

Paperback, Publication: 17 Apr 2025, Penguin 
ISBN: 9780241746714
Extent: 144 pages

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Hop-Frog by Edgar Allan Poe

    Edgar Allen Poe’s short stories have lost none of their power to horrify. He remains a destabilizingly terse sketcher out... Read more

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      Edgar Allen Poe’s short stories have lost none of their power to horrify. He remains a destabilizingly terse sketcher out of ideas, a writer who allows the reader to fill in the many ghastly blanks in his narratives of violence, retribution and animalism. It is hard to recommend Hop-Frog wholeheartedly (its original subtitle was: Or, The Eight Chained Ourang-Outangs) as it is such an affront to decency, but you will certainly never forget it.

      Paperback, Publication: 17 Apr 2025, Penguin 
      ISBN: 9780241746714
      Extent: 144 pages

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