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

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. .

• | Author: Theophile Gautier
• | Publisher: Aegypan
• | Publication Date: Feb 01, 2008
• | Number of Pages: 112 pages
• | Binding: Paperback or Softback
• | ISBN-10: 1603124640
• | ISBN-13: 9781603124645