The Mummy! A Tale of the Twenty-Second Century
$41.30
- Paperback
560 pages
- Release Date
5 April 2022
Summary
A chilling addition to the acclaimed Haunted Library of Horror Classics series, complete with annotations and extra materials.
Within a decade of the 1818 publication of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, another Englishwoman invented a foundational work of science fiction. Seventeen-year-old Jane Webb Loudon took up the theme of reanimation, moved it three hundred years into the future, and applied it to Cheops, an ancient Egyptian mummy. Unlike Shelley’s horrifying, death-dealing monster,…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781464215285 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1464215286 |
| Author: | Jane Webb, Eric J. Guignard, Leslie S. Klinger |
| Publisher: | Sourcebooks, Inc |
| Imprint: | Poisoned Pen Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 560 |
| Release Date: | 5 April 2022 |
| Weight: | 578g |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 140mm x 37mm |
| Series: | Haunted Library Horror Classics |
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“Readers interested in the early evolution of the sci-fi genre should check this out.” – Publishers Weekly
“Readers interested in the early evolution of the sci-fi genre should check this out.” – Publishers Weekly
About The Author
Jane Webb
Jane Webb (Jane C. Loudon, 1807-1858) was a British writer best known for creating the first popular gardening manuals. Born into a wealthy family, she was orphaned at the age of 17 and began writing to support herself. Her first major work, Mummy! A Tale of the Twenty-Second Century was published anonymously in 1827 when she was twenty years old. Many believe that she was inspired by Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, which had published less than a decade prior. The Mummy! is considered a pioneering work of science fiction, and the first English language story to feature a reanimated mummy.
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