The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County

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"The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" is an 1865 humorous short story by Mark Twain that helped launch his literary career and popularized his distinctive American comic voice.

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instanceOf humorous short story
short story
work of fiction
alsoKnownAs Jim Smiley and His Jumping Frog
The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County
author Mark Twain
basedOn American tall tale tradition
countryOfOrigin United States
featuresCharacter Jim Smiley
Simon Wheeler
firstPublishedIn The Saturday Press
genre comic fiction
humor
hasAnimalCharacter jumping frog
hasInfluenceOn development of American humorous short story
hasSubject betting
frontier life
storytelling
hasTitleCharacter jumping frog of Calaveras County
helpedLaunchCareerOf Mark Twain
includedIn The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, and Other Sketches
isStudiedIn American literature courses
literaryMovement American literature
literarySignificance early success in Mark Twain's career
literaryTechnique dialect
tall tale exaggeration
vernacular speech
medium print
narrativeForm frame narrative
narrativePerspective first-person narration
notableFor distinctive American comic voice
originalLanguage English
placeInCanon classic of American humor
publicationYear 1865
settingLocation Calaveras County, California NERFINISHED
theme deception
gullibility
regional American life
timePeriodOfSetting 19th century
tone comic
satirical

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Calaveras County Fair and Jumping Frog Jubilee hasTheme Mark Twain’s "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County"
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Calaveras County Fair and Jumping Frog Jubilee inspiredBy "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County"
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Jumping Frog Jubilee basedOn "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County"
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Jumping Frog Jubilee inspiredByWorkTitle "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County"
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The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County alsoKnownAs Jim Smiley and His Jumping Frog
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The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County alsoKnownAs The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County
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The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County includedIn The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, and Other Sketches
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Angels knownFor “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County”
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Mark Twain bibliography includesWork The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County