The Mummy! A Tale of the Twenty-Second Century

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Frankenstein wasn't the only classic horror novel created by a woman...

England, 2126.

Edmund Montague is a national hero in the army, while his younger brother, Edric, is lazy but very intelligent. Edric yearns for notoriety of his own, albeit academic. So he hatches a plan with a German scientist his tutor Dr. Entwerfen, to resurrect a mummy. Is Edric a more rational Victor Frankenstein

Originally published in 1827, within a decade of the 1818 publication of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, seventeen-year-old Jane Webb created Mummy! A Tale of the Twenty-Second Century. A futuristic story of reanimation, robots, and the concept of a living, functional mummy with the wisdom of the ages eager to share his insights with humanity. This pioneering tale offers an engaging mix of comedy, politics, and science fiction.

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"Readers interested in the early evolution of the sci-fi genre should check this out." -- Publishers Weekly

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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.