The Mummy's Foot by Théophile Gautier
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"The Mummy's Foot" by Théophile Gautier is a horror short story first published in 1840. A man purchases a mummified foot from a Parisian curiosity shop, intending to use it as a paperweight. That night, the foot's original owner—an ancient Egyptian princess—appears with a supernatural demand. What follows is a fantastical journey across time and space, where the boundaries between dream and reality blur mysteriously. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Gautier, Théophile, 1811-1872 |
|---|---|
| Translator | Hearn, Lafcadio, 1850-1904 |
| Title | The Mummy's Foot |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mummy%27s_Foot |
| Credits | Produced by David Widger |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 66.0 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | Short stories |
| Subject | Horror tales |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 22662 |
| Release Date | Sep 18, 2007 |
| Last Update | Dec 29, 2012 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 1417 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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