The Mummy's Foot

Théophile Gautier

• Publisher: White Press
• Year: 2015
• Print ISBN: 9781473324213
• eBook ISBN: 9781473398740

The Mummy's Foot' is a gothic short story written by French writer, Théophile Gautier, author of 'Clarimonde'. The plot follows a man who buys a mummified foot in an antiques shop. It once belonged to an Egyptian princess, and it transpires that she wants it back. He is forced to make a deal. This is a classic short story in the genre and we a republishing it with a brand new introductory biography of the translator of the work, Lafcadio Hearn.

Table of contents

• THE MUMMY’S FOOT
• Lafcadio Hearn