Mummy's Foot

Théophile Gautier

Description

Plunge into the distant past with this creepy tale from renowned gothic horror master Theophile Gautier. A man whiling away a pleasant afternoon browsing in the antique shops of Paris stumbles across a curious relic -- and is soon enmeshed in an adventure he never thought possible. Will he make it back alive? Read "The Mummy's Foot" to find out.

Sujets

• Short story

Informations

• Publié par: The Floating Press
• Date de parution: 01 avril 2012
• Nombre de lectures: 1
• EAN13: 9781775457718
• Langue: English

Extrait

THE MUMMY'S FOOT
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THEOPHILE GAUTIER
Translated by
LAFCADIO HEARN
 
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The Mummy's Foot First published in 1840 ISBN 978-1-77545-771-8 © 2012 The Floating Press and its licensors. All rights reserved. While every effort has been used to ensure the accuracy and reliability of the information contained in The Floating Press edition of this book, The Floating Press does not assume liability or responsibility for any errors or omissions in this book. The Floating Press does not accept responsibility for loss suffered as a result of reliance upon the accuracy or currency of information contained in this book. Do not use while operating a motor vehicle or heavy equipment. Many suitcases look alike. Visit www.thefloatingpress.com
The Mummy's Foot
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I had entered, in an idle mood, the shop of one of those curiosityvenders who are called marchands de bric-à-brac in that Parisian argot which is so perfectly unintelligible elsewhere in France.
You have doubtless glanced occasionally through the windows of some ofthese shops, which have become so numerous now that it is fashionableto buy antiquated furniture, and that every petty stockbroker thinks hemust have his chambre au moyen âge .
There is one thing there which clings alike to the shop of the dealerin old iron, the ware-room of the tapestry maker, the laboratory of thechemist, and the studio of the painter: in all those gloomy dens wherea furtive daylight filters in through the window-shutters the mostmanifestly ancient thing is dust. The cobwebs are more authenticthan the gimp laces, and the old pear-tree furniture on exhibition isactually younger than the mahogany which arrived but yesterday fromAmerica.