Download or read book The Mummy's Foot written by Théophile Gautier and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2015-02-11 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.