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The Romance of a Mummy and Egypt

by Théophile Gautier

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  1. Introduction

    6:21

  2. The Romance of a Mummy - Prologue, Part 1

    24:18

  3. The Romance of a Mummy - Prologue, Part 2

    27:05

  4. The Romance of a Mummy - Prologue, Part 3

    25:45

  5. The Romance of a Mummy - Chapter 1

    19:28

  6. The Romance of a Mummy - Chapter 2

    22:55

  7. The Romance of a Mummy - Chapter 3

    22:22

  8. The Romance of a Mummy - Chapter 4

    23:41

  9. The Romance of a Mummy - Chapter 5

    12:55

  10. The Romance of a Mummy - Chapter 6

    15:07

  11. The Romance of a Mummy - Chapter 7

    16:57

  12. The Romance of a Mummy - Chapter 8

    12:20

  13. The Romance of a Mummy - Chapter 9

    14:32

  14. The Romance of a Mummy - Chapter 10

    17:58

  15. The Romance of a Mummy - Chapter 11

    17:10

  16. The Romance of a Mummy - Chapter 12

    16:54

  17. The Romance of a Mummy - Chapter 13

    19:22

  18. The Romance of a Mummy - Chapter 14

    13:32

  19. The Romance of a Mummy - Chapter 15

    14:56

  20. The Romance of a Mummy - Chapter 16

    15:20

  21. The Romance of a Mummy - Chapter 17

    12:07

  22. The Romance of a Mummy - Chapter 18

    1:56

  23. The Unwrapping of a Mummy

    11:20

  24. From Alexandria to Cairo

    30:23

  25. Ezbekiyeh Square

    8:32

  26. Ancient Egypt

    18:30

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Théophile Gautier first published this novel of ancient Egypt in 1857 and 1858, and this English edition by F. C. de Sumichrast of Harvard appeared in 1901. It begins in the Valley of Biban el Moluk, where a wealthy young English lord, Evandale, and a German scholar named Rumphius ride out in search of a royal tomb that no treasure-seeker has ever opened.

What they find leads back thousands of years to Thebes and to Tahoser, the daughter of a priest, whose story unfolds among the harvest fields, palaces and processions of the Nile. A young Hebrew, Poeri, and the Pharaoh himself both enter her life, and Gautier sets the tale against the time of Moses and Aaron.

The book is rich in close description of temples, tombs, dress and daily work, drawn from the Egyptology of Gautier's day. The volume also carries several of his travel pieces, including the unwrapping of a mummy and a trip from Alexandria to Cairo written on his 1869 visit for the opening of the Suez Canal.

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Théophile Gautier

Théophile Gautier (1811-1872) was a French poet and playwright who also worked as a novelist, journalist, librettist and critic of art and literature. He was linked with Romanticism and the Parnassian movement, and held the rank of Officer of the Legion of Honour. His titles include "Clarimonde" and "The Mummy's Foot".

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Pages
110
Language
English
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