Loading...
Welcome
Sign up
Login
Browse Books
Deals
VIP
0
Loading...
Play Sample
The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County
Written by:
Mark Twain
Narrated by:
Mark Bowen
Unabridged Audiobook
Play Free
Add to Cart - $0.99
Remove from Cart
Give as a gift
Ratings
Book
Narrator
Release Date
December 2023
Duration
0 hours 16 minutes
Summary
'The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County' is an 1865 short story by Mark Twain. It was his first great success as a writer and brought him national attention. The story has also been published as 'Jim Smiley and His Jumping Frog' (its original title) and 'The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County'. 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.
Jim loves to gamble and will offer to bet on anything and everything, from horse races to dogfights, to the health of the local parson's wife. He catches a frog, whom he names Dan'l Webster, and spends three months training it to jump. When a stranger visits the camp, Jim shows off Dan'l and offers to bet $40 that it can out-jump any other frog in Calaveras County...
Browse By Category
Literature
>
Classics
Literature
>
Short Stories
1 book added to cart
The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Ca...
Mark Twain
Subtotal
$0.99
View Cart
Continue Browsing
~~title~~
~~carousel-body~~
Back
Next
~~book-title~~
By: ~~author-single-string~~
~~tag-text~~
© Copyright 2011 - 2024 Storytel Audiobooks USA LLC. All Rights Reserved.