The Mummy's Foot and Other Stories by Theophile Gautier, Fiction, Classics, Fantasy, Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology
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The Mummy's Foot -- the title story in this collection -- is a gothic tale, published in French as "Le Pied de Momie." It relates the adventures of a man who buys the 3,000 year old foot of Princess Hermonthis in a Parisian curio shop. Gautier has a fascination with Ancient Egypt as well as an obsession with mortality, decay, and the passage of time.
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Aegypan
Published: 01/01/2008
ISBN: 9781603125628
Pages: 112
Weight: 0.68lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.44d