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When Armiston learns that the sarcophagus is inscribed with a terrible curse promising vengeance on anyone who disturbs the mummy's repose, and as the series of deaths continues, the doctor will risk his own life to unravel the mystery and find out whether the mummy - or something or someone else - is responsible. \u003cbr\u003e As Mark Valentine argues in his new introduction to this edition, Riccardo Stephens's exceedingly scarce The Mummy (1912) is a fine piece of storytelling, an inventive weird mystery that bears comparison with the works of Conan Doyle and Robert Louis Stevenson. This edition follows the text of the 1923 Hutchinson edition. \u003cbr\u003e Belongs to that unusual type of book which not only propounds a riddle of remarkable ingenuity, but also is admirably written. - Sydney Morning Herald \u003cbr\u003e A clever plot well handled and the mystery is sustained, even for the best picker of conclusions and reader of riddles . extremely entertaining. - Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.) \u003cbr\u003e It reminds one very much of Wilkie Collins. - Evening Standard","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50096780443921,"sku":"GOR013853363","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1943910286.jpg?v=1751156597"},{"product_id":"mummy-valancourt-20th-century-classics-book-riccardo-stephens-9781943910298","title":"The Mummy (Valancourt 20th Century Classics)","description":"Dr. Armiston, middle-aged bachelor and general practitioner, has his quiet and routine life interrupted when he is called in to consult on the deaths of two young men. 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The strange story of Richard Tregenna, etc.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC.The FICTION \u0026amp; PROSE LITERATURE collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. The collection provides readers with a perspective of the world from some of the 18th and 19th century's most talented writers. Written for a range of audiences, these works are a treasure for any curious reader looking to see the world through the eyes of ages past. 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