A Mummy Omnibus: 1820S - 1920S (Abridged Edition) (Monster Omnibus Editions)

This is the first of an anticipated multi-volume collection of short story anthologies with a focus on the classic monsters. Monsters have always been popular and are more popular today than they ever have been. The goal of the series is to collect all the classic stories, along with minor gems that have never been published before, and place them in one central location. The series begins with the monster - The Mummy! Three events helped popularize interest in Egypt and the Mummy as a monster. First, Napoleon Bonaparte's campaign into Ottoman Egypt from 1798 - 1801. The expedition led to the discovery of the Rosetta Stone and the creation of the field of Egyptology in Europe. This ultimately ended in the establishment of the Egyptian Institute and the publication of the Description de l'?gypte from 1809 - 1821. Second, the building of the Suez Canal, an artificial sea-level waterway in Egypt connecting the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea, constructed between 1859 and 1869. And third, the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun (ruler of Egypt from 1332 - 1323 B.C.), by Howard Carter in 1922. It sparked a renewed public interest in ancient Egypt, for which Tutankhamun's mask, now in the Egyptian Museum, remains one of the most popular symbols. These events helped popularize interest in Egypt in the West and in the Mummy monster. This is the student "Abridged Edition" of the complete Mummy Omnibus collection - the top 25 stories from that collection are included in this abridgement. This edition contains the following stories: Gautier: "The Mummy's Foot" Alcott: "Lost in a Pyramid" Poe: "Some Words with a Mummy" Doyle: "Ring of Thoth" and "Lot 249" Schoolcraft: "Death's Secret" Howard: "The Nose-less Horror" Lovecraft: "The Outsider" Smith: "The Abominations of Yondo" Carr: "Spider-Bite" Blackwood: "The Nemesis of Fire" And many others . . . The Monster Omnibus Editions will be published as a series of collected works of specific writers, anthologies of monster themes, and individual novels. The goal of the series is to add to the canon of classic monster fiction. See the inside cover of this book for a complete listing of editions published thus far.

• | Author: John Irish
• | Publisher: Bit O'Irish Press, A
• | Publication Date: Feb 13, 2018
• | Number of Pages: 382 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 069205118X
• | ISBN-13: 9780692051184