The Romance of a Mummy and Egypt: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Romance of a Mummy and Egypt, credited to Théophile Gautier, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

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LibriVox recording of The Romance of a Mummy and Egypt by Théophile Gautier. (Translated by F. C. de Sumichrast.) Read in English by Librivox volunteers. The account he gives, in his novel, of the ancient city of Thebes, of the great necropolis in the valley of Biban el Molûk, of the subterranean tombs, of the precautions taken by the designers to baffle curiosity, of the form and ornamentation of the sarcophagi, of the mummy-cases, of the mummy itself, of the manners, customs, dress, and beliefs of the ancient Egyptians, are marvellously accurate. The purely erudite part of the work would probably not have interested the general public, indifferent to the discoveries of archæology, but the introduction of the human element of love at once captivated it; the erudite appreciated the accuracy of the restoration of ancient times and manners; the merely curious were pleased with a well told story, cleverly set in a framework whose strangeness appealed to their love of exoticism and novelty. There have been added by the editor, as bearing upon the subject of the "Romance of a Mummy," two or three chapters from the volume entitled "The Orient," which is made up of a collection of sketches and letters of travel written at different times, and of reviews of books upon Eastern subjects, whether modern or ancient. Summary by the Translator - F. C. de Sumichrast

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Romance of a Mummy and Egypt
• Author credits: Théophile Gautier
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 26
• Listed recording duration: 7:21:46

Catalogue topics

• romance
• Egyptology
• mummy
• Egypt
• Historical Fiction

Opening tracks: first 24 of 26

1. 01 - Introduction — 6:21
2. 02 - The Romance of a Mummy - Prologue, Part 1 — 24:18
3. 03 - The Romance of a Mummy - Prologue, Part 2 — 27:05
4. 04 - The Romance of a Mummy - Prologue, Part 3 — 25:45
5. 05 - The Romance of a Mummy - Chapter 1 — 19:28
6. 06 - The Romance of a Mummy - Chapter 2 — 22:55
7. 07 - The Romance of a Mummy - Chapter 3 — 22:22
8. 08 - The Romance of a Mummy - Chapter 4 — 23:41
9. 09 - The Romance of a Mummy - Chapter 5 — 12:55
10. 10 - The Romance of a Mummy - Chapter 6 — 15:07
11. 11 - The Romance of a Mummy - Chapter 7 — 16:57
12. 12 - The Romance of a Mummy - Chapter 8 — 12:20
13. 13 - The Romance of a Mummy - Chapter 9 — 14:32
14. 14 - The Romance of a Mummy - Chapter 10 — 17:58
15. 15 - The Romance of a Mummy - Chapter 11 — 17:10
16. 16 - The Romance of a Mummy - Chapter 12 — 16:54
17. 17 - The Romance of a Mummy - Chapter 13 — 19:22
18. 18 - The Romance of a Mummy - Chapter 14 — 13:32
19. 19 - The Romance of a Mummy - Chapter 15 — 14:56
20. 20 - The Romance of a Mummy - Chapter 16 — 15:20
21. 21 - The Romance of a Mummy - Chapter 17 — 12:07
22. 22 - The Romance of a Mummy - Chapter 18 — 1:56
23. 23 - The Unwrapping of a Mummy — 11:20
24. 24 - From Alexandria to Cairo — 30:23

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