«Curse of the Mummy» by Arthur Conan Doyle, Jane Austen, Louisa May Alcott
«Curse of the Mummy» by Arthur Conan Doyle, Jane Austen, Louisa May Alcott
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Long before the opening of Tutankhamun’s tomb in 1922 or Boris Karloff’s film portrayal of “Imhotep” ten years later, legends of the Mummy enthralled readers of the Western world. The Gothic horror tales collected in this anthology reflect the Victorian era fascination with Egypt’s oldest inhabitants. In Curse of the Mummy, four master storytellers of the nineteenth century share gripping tales of cursed plunder and injudicious flirtations with eldritch magic.
THE MUMMY’S FOOT by Théophile Gautierfrom Musée des familles, Vol. VII (1840)
AFTER THREE THOUSAND YEARS by Jane G. Austinfrom Putnam’s Magazine, Vol. II (1868)
LOST IN A PYRAMID, OR THE MUMMYʻS CURSE by Louisa May Alcottfrom The New World Magazine, Vol. I (1869)
LOT NO. 249 by Sir Arthur Conan Doylefrom Harperʻs, Vol. LXXXV (1892)
This anthology has been newly compiled, edited and typeset by Fox Editing for the Supernatural Fox Sisters’ Supernatural History Series. e works were collected from various digital and print editions in the public domain and are presented unabridged. e original spellings have been retained, while some archaic punctuation has been lightly modernized.