Overview
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