The Mummy's Foot and Other Stories by Theophile Gautier, Fiction, Classics, Fantasy, Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology - Paperback

FormatBook

Language English

ISBN-13 / SKU 9781603124645

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by Theophile Gautier (Author)

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. .

Number of Pages: 112

Dimensions: 0.27 x 9 x 6 IN

Publication Date: February 15, 2008

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