Résultats pour "The Jumping Frog" dans Fiction

An 1865 short story by Mark Twain. It was his first great success as a writer and brought him national attention. In it, the narrator retells a story he heard from a bartender, Simon Wheeler, at the Angels Hotel in Angels Camp, California, about the gambler Jim Smiley.

Freshly escaped from the caverns of "Home," the Clemens-Bemis Expedition welcomes two young women: bold Hazel and resourceful Conifer. Their journey starts with a bang when they dynamite their way free of the Vallis Alpes, hot on the heels of a renegade member turned outlaw. The pursuit lands them in Lobster Gulch, a rowdy mining outpost brimming with danger, dynamite, and dubious characters.

In Gold Rush-era California, Jim Smiley, a minor who loves to gamble and will bet on anything, obtains a frog. Sniley spends three months training this talented amphibian athlete to become a champion jumper. Smiley finds his mark in the form of a stranger who comes to town and shows an interest in the frog, and would love to bet but if he could find his own frog. "No problem, you hold my frog and I'll go find a frog for you." When hustler meets hustler, the results can be interesting. You might say Smiley didn't know his frog was loaded.