266 Bonus Episode! "Hop-Frog" by Edgar Allan Poe

The History of Literature

Jacke Wilson

History, Books, Arts

4.6 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 18 September 2020

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Jacke makes up for a mistake with a special bonus episode on Edgar Allan Poe's bizarre short story "Hop-Frog; Or, the Eight Chained Orang-Outangs" (1849). Help support the show at patreon.com/literature or historyofliterature.com/shop. (We appreciate it!) Find out more at historyofliterature.com, jackewilson.com, or by following Jacke and Mike on Twitter at @thejackewilson and @literatureSC. Or send an email to [email protected]. New!!! Looking for an easy to way to buy Jacke a coffee? Now you can at paypal.me/jackewilson. Your generosity is much appreciated! The History of Literature Podcast is a member of Lit Hub Radio and the Podglomerate Network. Learn more at www.thepodglomerate.com/historyofliterature. *** This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the website and sign up for our newsletter for more information about our shows, launches, and events. For more information on how The Podglomerate treats data, please see our Privacy Policy. Since you're listening to The History of Literature, we'd like to suggest you also try other Podglomerate shows surrounding literature, history, and storytelling like Storybound, Micheaux Mission, and The History of Standup. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The History of Literature Podcast is a member of the Podglamorate Network and LIT Hub Radio.
0:07.0	Hello, I'm Jack Wilson.
0:11.0	Welcome to this bonus edition of The History of Literature. Okay, here we go.
0:23.0	Hello, Okay, here we go. Hello everyone. So this is a quick little bonus edition, a mini-sewed we can call it. Here's what's going on. Somehow, I messed up. Let's call this a redemption episode. I messed up. Let's call this a redemption episode.
0:44.0	I messed up and I'm disappointed.
0:46.3	This is an episode about mistakes and redemption and disappointment.
0:51.7	So here's what happened.
0:53.0	You were supposed to get an episode on Thursday.
0:56.0	Monday and Thursday, that's the schedule.
0:58.0	We even have theme Thursdays now.
1:01.0	Forgotten women of literature on Thursday.
1:05.0	Instead, you got that episode on Tuesday.
1:09.0	Monday, Tuesday.
1:11.0	Fine.
1:12.0	It's not like they spoil, it's not like they expire, you can wait until
1:16.8	Thursday if you wish, but then for people who listen to it on Tuesday you'd have to wait six days for another installment of our humble little podcast.
1:27.0	Six days during the quarantine, I did not want to do that to you, dear listeners.
1:32.0	At the same time time I'm planning my
1:34.6	October or Thursday themes for October and we're going to do Edgar Allan Poe and
1:40.0	there are just so many good stories to choose from.
1:43.2	Way too many good ones to choose.
1:45.9	Four Thursdays will not.
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