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Hop-Frog; or, The Eight Chained Ourang-Outangs

Edgar Allan Poe

First published March 1849
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

The deformed dwarf jester of a cruel king wreaks his vengeance when the king mistreats the jester's wife.

  • First published in the March 7, 1849 Flag of Our Union.
  • See the notes here and this OCR scan.
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Date Publication Publisher Type Page
March 1849 The Flag of Our Union, March 7, 1849 Frederick Gleason MAGAZINE 2
January 1850 The Works of the Late Edgar Allan Poe J. S. Redfield Collection 455|2455
1852 Tales and Sketches: To Which Is Added The Raven: A Poem George Routledge & Co. Collection 251
1853 The Works of the Late Edgar Allan Poe J. S. Redfield Collection 455|2455
1856 The Works of the Late Edgar Allan Poe J. S. Redfield Collection 455|2455
1857 Nouvelles histoires extraordinaires Michel LÊvy Frères Collection 134
1869 Nouvelles histoires extraordinaires Michel LÊvy Frères Collection 189
1889 The Prose Tales of Edgar Allan Poe: Third Series A. C. Armstrong & Son Collection 380
1901 Mesmeristische EnthĂźllungen J. C. C. Bruns Collection |90
1902 Tales of Edgar Allan Poe G. P. Putnam's Sons Collection |6
October 1903 The Best Tales of Edgar Allan Poe A. C. McClurg & Co. Collection 375
1905 Cover The Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe, Volume 9 Croscup & Holby Collection
1908 Tales of Mystery and Imagination J. M. Dent & Sons Collection
1914 Nebelmeer Georg MĂźller Collection 33
1915 Fantastic Tales Tauchnitz Collection
1921 Cover Racconti straordinari Facchi Collection 137
1927 Tales of Edgar Allan Poe Charles Scribner's Sons Collection |17
1927 Tales of Hypnotism and Revenge Haldeman-Julius Collection
1927 The Works of Edgar Allan Poe in One Volume: Poems, Tales, Essays, Criticisms with New Notes Walter J. Black, Inc. Collection 345
1931 The Best Known Works of Edgar Allan Poe in One Volume: Poems, Tales, Essays, Criticisms Blue Ribbon Books Collection 345
1935 Tales of Mystery and Imagination J. B. Lippincott Collection
1935 Cover Tales of Mystery and Imagination George G. Harrap & Co. Collection
1938 Cover The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe Modern Library Collection 502
May 1938 Cover Some Tales of Mystery and Imagination Penguin Books Collection
1941 Tales of Mystery & Imagination The Limited Editions Club Collection |9
1941 Tales of Mystery and Imagination Heritage Press Collection 108
1944 Tales of Edgar Allan Poe Random House Collection |26
July 1944 Cover Some Tales of Mystery and Imagination Penguin Books Collection 98
1945 The Portable Edgar Allan Poe The Viking Press Collection |23
1950 The Indispensable Edgar Allan Poe Book Society Collection |23
1951 Cover Selected Poetry and Prose of Edgar Allan Poe Modern Library Collection 329
1952 Cover Great Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe Cardinal / Pocket Books Collection 15
1952 Selected Short Stories Fine Editions Press Collection |18
1952 Tales Dodd, Mead & Co. Collection 294
1956 Cover Great Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe Pocket Books Collection 15
1956 Cover Selected Writings of Edgar Allan Poe Houghton Mifflin Collection 237
1957 The Portable Edgar Allan Poe The Viking Press Collection |23
1958 Tales of Mystery & Imagination Heritage Press Collection 108
1960 Cover Tous les contes d'Edgar Poe Marabout Collection 334
1961 Descent Into the MaelstrĂśm Digit Books Collection
August 1961 Cover Eight Tales of Terror Scholastic Book Services Collection 14
August 1961 Cover Geschichten des Grauens Heyne Collection 84
November 1961 Eight Tales of Terror Scholastic Collection 14
1962 Cover Tales of Mystery and Imagination J. M. Dent & E. P. Dutton Collection 235
1963 Cover Scrieri alese 2 Editura pentru literatură universală Collection
1963 Cover Tales of Mystery and Imagination J. M. Dent & Sons Collection 235
1963 Cover Geschichten des Grauens Heyne Collection 84
March 1964 Cover Great Tales of Horror Bantam Books Collection 68
August 1964 Cover Great Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe Washington Square Press Collection 15
1965 Cover Black Tales Corgi Anthology 115
1965 Cover Aventurile lui Arthur Gordon Pym din Nantucket Editura pentru literatură Omnibus
1965 Cover Erzählungen in zwei Bänden: Band 2 Nymphenburger Collection 137
1965 Cover 13 Ways to Kill a Man Dodd, Mead & Co. Anthology 111
1965 Cover Les chefs-d'œuvre du crime Planète Anthology 203
January 1965 Cover Great Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe Washington Square Press Collection 15
1966 Cover Complete Stories of Edgar Allan Poe International Collectors Library Collection 283
1966 Tales of Mystery and Horror World Society Anthology |6
1966 Cover De zwarte kat en andere griezelverhalen Meulenhoff Collection 90
1966 Cover Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe Doubleday Collection 283
1966 Erste Erzählungen / Grotesken / Arabesken / Detektivgeschichten Walter Collection |706
October 1966 Cover Summoned from the Tomb: Great Tales of Horror Brown, Watson Anthology 152
1967 Cover The Pit and the Pendulum and Five Other Tales Franklin Watts Collection
1967 Selected Writings of Edgar Allan Poe Penguin Books Collection 367
April 1968 Cover Eight Tales of Terror Scholastic Collection 14
1969 Cover Antologia do conto abominĂĄvel Afrodite Anthology 17
1969 Geschichten des Grauens 2 Heyne Collection 45
1970 Cover Great Short Works of Edgar Allan Poe Perennial Classic / Harper & Row Collection 504
March 1970 Cover The Freak Show Rapp & Whiting Anthology 31
August 1970 Cover Great Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe Washington Square Press Collection 15
1971 Cover Selected Writings of Edgar Allan Poe Penguin Books Collection 367
March 1971 Cover Tales of Mystery and Imagination J. M. Dent Collection 235
March 1971 Cover The Freak Show Corgi Anthology 29
1972 Cover The Freak Show Thomas Nelson Anthology 25
1972 Cover Tutti i racconti - Il resoconto di Arturo Gordon Pym - Le poesie Bietti Omnibus 652
April 1972 Cover Eight Tales of Terror Scholastic Collection 14
May 1972 Cover Racconti: con una scelta di poesie Garzanti Collection 274
January 1973 Cover Summoned from the Tomb: Great Tales of Horror Sidgwick & Jackson Anthology 14
July 1973 Cover I racconti Feltrinelli Collection 90
December 1973 Cover Ungeheuer Fischer Taschenbuch Anthology 26
1974 Cover Erzählungen Rßtten & Loening Collection 472
July 1974 Cover Ungeheuer Fischer Taschenbuch Anthology 26
October 1974 Cover Eight Tales of Terror Scholastic Book Services Collection 14
1975 Cover Tales of Mystery & Imagination The Easton Press Collection 108
September 1975 Cover The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe Vintage Books Collection 502
1976 Cover Tales of Mystery and Imagination Weathervane Books Collection 54
July 1976 Cover Ungeheuer Fischer Taschenbuch Anthology 26
1977 Cover Geschichten des Grauens 2 Heyne Collection 45
July 1977 Cover Tales of Mystery and Imagination J. M. Dent Collection 235
1978 Eight Tales of Terror Scholastic Book Services Collection 15
1978 Cover Erzählungen Rßtten & Loening Collection 472
November 1978 Cover Racconti Garzanti Collection 434
1979 Cover Scrieri alese Editura Univers Collection
1979 Cover Geschichten des Grauens 2 Heyne Collection 45
1979 Cover Forty-Two Tales Octopus Books Collection 260
1980 Cover The Elephant Man and Other Freaks Macdonald Futura Anthology
1981 Cover The Annotated Tales of Edgar Allan Poe Doubleday Collection
May 1981 Cover The Arbor House Treasury of Horror and the Supernatural Priam Books / Arbor House Anthology 25
May 1981 Cover The Arbor House Treasury of Horror and the Supernatural Arbor House Anthology 25
1982 Cover Selected Writings of Edgar Allan Poe Penguin Books Collection 367
1983 Cover Edgar Allan Poe Chatham River Press Collection 565
1983 Cover Racconti: volume secondo De Agostini Collection 227
October 1983 Cover I racconti: volume terzo 1844-1849 Einaudi Collection 1001
August 1984 Cover Edgar Allan Poe: Poetry and Tales The Library of America Collection 899
1985 Cover Great Tales of Horror & the Supernatural Galahad Books Anthology 25
1985 Cover Works of Edgar Allan Poe Gramercy Books Omnibus 565
1985 Cover Great Tales of Horror & the Supernatural Castle Books Anthology 25
1985 Cover Unheimliches Heyne Anthology 21
1985 Cover The Wickedest Show on Earth William Morrow Anthology 15
January 1985 Cover Racconti Fabbri Editori Collection 262
May 1985 Cover Masterpieces of Terror and the Supernatural Doubleday / SFBC Anthology 245
June 1985 Cover Masterpieces of Terror and the Supernatural Doubleday Anthology 245
1986 Cover Tales of Mystery and Imagination Octopus Books Collection
1986 Cover The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Stories Marshall Cavendish Collection 469
February 1986 Cover Racconti Bompiani Collection 262
April 1986 Cover The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Writings Penguin Books Collection 367
1988 Unheimliches Heyne Anthology 21
June 1988 Cover Great Tales of Horror & the Supernatural Galahad Books Anthology 25
1990 Cover Racconti De Agostini Collection 237
1990 Cover I racconti: 1831-1849 Einaudi Collection 661
October 1990 Masterpieces of Terror and the Supernatural Dorset Press Anthology
October 1990 Cover Tales of Mystery and Terror Puffin / Penguin Books (UK) Collection 103
1991 Cover Eight Tales of Terror Scholastic Collection 15
1991 Cover Racconti Fabbri Editori Collection 262
March 1991 Cover Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe Doubleday Collection 283
August 1991 Cover Elephant Man e altri mostri Mondadori Anthology 209
August 1991 Cover Selected Tales Vintage Books / The Library of America Collection
September 1991 Cover Tales of Edgar Allan Poe Books of Wonder / William Morrow Collection 81
October 1991 Cover Classic Tales of Horror and the Supernatural Quill / William Morrow Anthology 25
November 1991 Cover The Giant Book of Horror Stories Magpie Books Anthology 25
December 1991 Masterpieces of Terror and the Supernatural Macdonald Anthology
1992 Cover The Collected Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe Modern Library Collection 502
July 1992 Cover Edgar Allan Poe: A Collection of Stories Tor Collection 221
October 1992 Cover Masterpieces of Terror and the Supernatural Warner Books UK Anthology
1993 Cover Streitgespräch mit einer Mumie Insel Collection 299
August 1993 Cover Ghostly Tales and Eerie Poems of Edgar Allan Poe Grosset & Dunlap Collection 209
1994 Cover Great Tales of Horror & the Supernatural Galahad Books Anthology 25
1994 Tales of Mystery and Terror Puffin / Penguin Books (UK) Collection 124
1994 Cover Edgar Allan Poe: Poetry and Tales The Library of America Collection 899
April 1994 Cover Edgar Allan Poe: A Collection of Stories Tor Collection
1995 Cover Three Tales of Horror Penguin Books Anthology 1
1995 Cover Racconti scelti Fabbri Editori Collection 161
August 1995 Cover The Tell Tale Heart Mojo Press Collection
1998 Cover Nouvelles histoires extraordinaires Presses Pocket Collection
March 1998 Cover Racconti del terrore Bompiani Collection 154
April 1998 Selected Tales Oxford University Press Collection 310
1999 Cover American Gothic: An Anthology 1787 - 1916 Blackwell Publishers Anthology 71
1999 Cover American Gothic: An Anthology 1787 - 1916 Blackwell Publishers Anthology 71
2000 Cover Die Maske des Roten Todes Kaiser Collection 137
April 2000 The Works of Edgar Allan Poe: Volume 5 (Raven Edition) Project Gutenberg Collection 33
August 2000 Cover Racconti del terrore Fabbri Editori Collection 154
2003 Cover Faszination des Grauens Area Collection 242
March 2003 Cover The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Writings Penguin Books Collection
September 2004 Cover Edgar Allan Poe's Tales of Mystery and Madness Atheneum Books for Young Readers Collection
April 2008 Cover Selected Tales Oxford University Press Collection 310
October 2008 Cover Werke Insel Omnibus 706|1.0706
March 2009 Cover Short Ghost and Horror Story Collection 2 LibriVox Anthology |10
May 2009 Cover The Best of Edgar Allan Poe: All of His Macabre Tales Complete and Unabridged Prion Books Collection 400
November 2009 Cover Edgar Allan Poe: Complete Tales & Poems Castle Books Collection 441
January 2010 Cover Short Ghost and Horror Story Collection 7 LibriVox Anthology |6
February 2010 Cover Edgar Allan Poe: Collected Works: Stories and Poems Canterbury Classics / Thunder Bay Press Collection
May 2010 Cover The Best of Edgar Allan Poe: All of His Macabre Tales Complete and Unabridged Prion Books Collection 400
October 2010 Cover Masters of Horror & the Supernatural: The Great Tales Bristol Park Books Anthology
April 2012 Cover The Murders in the Rue Morgue and Other Tales Penguin Books Collection |19
April 2012 Cover The Murders in the Rue Morgue and Other Tales Penguin Books Collection |19
September 2012 Cover Psychos: Serial Killers, Depraved Madmen, and the Criminally Insane Black Dog & Leventhal Anthology 33
November 2013 The Works of Edgar Allan Poe: Volume 5 (Raven Edition) LibriVox Collection 33
December 2013 Cover Stories for Halloween Vintage (UK) Collection 177
June 2015 Cover Minima: 7 racconti nera e uno bizzarro ABEditore Collection 54
October 2015 Cover The Annotated Poe Belknap Press / Harvard University Press Collection 359
December 2016 Cover Great Horror Stories: 101 Chilling Tales Fall River Press Anthology 304
August 2017 Cover Edgar Allan Poe Short Stories Flame Tree Publishing Collection 230
September 2017 Cover Tales of Mystery and Imagination Alfred A. Knopf Collection 62
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December 2018 Cover Edgar Allan Poe Short Stories Flame Tree Publishing Collection |230
September 2019 Cover His Hideous Heart Flatiron Books Anthology 349
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July 2025 Cover The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym and Other Tales Alma Books Collection
October 2025 Cover All the Fear of the Fair: Uncanny Tales of Circus and Sideshow British Library Publishing Anthology |2