Pierre Jules Theophile Gautier was a French poet, dramatist,
novelist, journalist, and literary critic. He was a contributor to
various journals, most notably to "La Presse." He was director of
"Revue de Paris" from 1851-1856. During this time, Gautier left "La
Presse" and became a journalist for "Le Moniteur Universel."
Gautier acquired the editorship of influential review "L'Artiste"
in 1856. In 1862 he was elected chairman of the Societe Nationale
des Beaux-Arts. During the Franco-Prussian war, Gautier made his
way back to Paris. He remained with his family throughout the
invasion and the aftermath of the Commune, eventually dying in 1872
of a cardiac disease.
"The Mummy's Foot" -- the title story in this collection -- is a
gothic tale, published in French as "Le Pied de Momie." It relates
the adventures of a man who buys the 3,000 year old foot of
Princess Hermonthis in a Parisian curio shop. Gautier has a
fascination with Ancient Egypt as well as an obsession with
mortality, decay, and the passage of time. When Princess Hermonthis
takes him to her time and place of burial, he asks for her hand
from her father, who flatly refuses because of his concern for
durability, and the transience of the young man's existence
compared to that of a three-thousand year old girl.
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