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""The Mummy's Foot"" is a short story by French author Theophile Gautier, originally published in 1840. The story follows the adventures of the narrator, a collector of curiosities, who acquires a mummified foot from an Egyptian tomb. However, the foot seems to have a strange... Read Full Overview

I had entered, in an idle mood, the shop of one of those curiosity venders who are called marchands de bric- -brac in that Parisian argot which is so perfectly unintelligible elsewhere in France.

I had entered, in an idle mood, the shop of one of those curiosity venders who are called marchands de bric- -brac in that Parisian argot which is so perfectly unintelligible elsewhere in France. You have doubtless glanced occasionally through the windows of some of these shops,... Read Full Overview

I had entered, in an idle mood, the shop of one of those curiosity venders who are called marchands de bric- -brac in that Parisian argot which is so perfectly unintelligible elsewhere in France. You have doubtless glanced occasionally through the windows of some of these shops,... Read Full Overview

The Mummy's Foot is a short story written by the French author Th�����ophile Gautier. It tells the story of a young Frenchman named Paul who comes across a strange shop in the backstreets of Paris. The shop is owned by an old man who sells a... Read Full Overview

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for... Read Full Overview