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The Mummy's Foot

by Théophile Gautier (1811–1872)

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  • Reading level: 8th & 9th grade

"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.

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  • Short stories
  • Horror tales

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Produced by David Widger

THE MUMMY'S FOOT

By Theophile Gautier

Translated By Lafcadio Hearn

1908

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This free edition of The Mummy's Foot by Théophile Gautier comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #22662, released 2007-09-18. It is in the public domain in the United States, so you can read it here in full at no cost, on any phone, tablet or computer. Genre: Short Stories, Science-Fiction & Fantasy, French Literature.

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