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  • The Mummy! (Annotated)

    Enriched Edition. Sci-Fi Novel

    by Jane C. Loudon, Blythe Norbourne ...
    Jane C. Loudon's The Mummy! (1827) is a remarkable early work of speculative fiction, subtitled A Tale of the Twenty-Second Century. Reanimating the Egyptian pharaoh Cheops, Loudon combines Gothic resurrection motifs with futuristic satire, imagining technological marvels such as automated vehicles, climate control, and advanced social systems. Written in the wake of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, ... Read more

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  • The Mummy!

    by Jane C. Loudon ...
    One of the earliest sci-fi novels in English literature "The Mummy!" is futuristic and entertaining; a must read not only for sci-fi enthusiasts but those who love 19th century literature.Influenced and inspired perhaps by the unwrapping of Egyptian mummies in London and Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein", the female author of just 17 years old, Loudon, takes us on a pioneering adventure set in the ... Read more

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  • The Mummy!

    Enriched edition. Unearthed secrets, ancient curses, and forbidden knowledge in a chilling gothic tale of mystery and the macabre

    by Jane C. Loudon, Wren Sharp ...
    In Jane C. Loudon's "The Mummy!", readers are transported to a gothic landscape that intertwines the macabre with themes of resurrection and the supernatural. Set against the backdrop of 19th-century Britain, the novel navigates the complexities of love, loss, and the allure of the unknown through a narrative style that blends elements of romanticism with early science fiction. Loudon's prose is ... Read more

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  • The Mummy (Sci-Fi Novel)

    Enriched edition. Resurrection, Future Technology, and the Ethics of Immortality in a Reanimated Ancient Egypt

    by Jane C. Loudon ...
    Jane C. Loudon's novel, 'The Mummy,' is a fascinating work of science fiction that explores the concept of resurrection and the consequences of meddling with the natural order. Published in 1827, this novel stands out for its imaginative depiction of a future society where scientific advancements enable the revival of ancient Egyptian mummies. Loudon's literary style is characterized by vivid ... Read more

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  • Tales of Time Warps: 20 Sci-Fi Classics

    Victorian and Edwardian Visions of Utopias, Dystopias, Temporal Horror, and Scientific Romance

    by Abraham Merritt, Edward Bellamy, H. G. Wells, William Hope Hodgson, Mark Twain, Frederic W. Farrar, Lewis Carroll, Charles Dickens, Elizabeth Burgoyne Corbett, Edmond About, Henry Holt, Robert Hugh Benson, Edith Nesbit, Edwin Lester Arnold, Jane C. Loudon, William Henry Hudson, Gertrude Barrows Bennett, Francis Stevens, William Morris ...
    Tales of Time Warps: 20 Sci-Fi Classics maps the formative imagination of speculative fiction through temporal displacement, lost worlds, prophetic futures, and encounters with altered histories. Its twenty selections range from satirical fantasy and scientific romance to Gothic adventure, social prophecy, and metaphysical horror, revealing that "time travel" has long served as a means of testing ... Read more

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  • The Mummy  Vol. 1

    Restored Classics to Go Edition

    by Jane C. Loudon ...
    Series series
    This edition has been fully restored with modern typesetting, custom cover design. In "The Mummy Vol. 1" by Jane C. Loudon, readers are transported to a world of mystery, adventure, and ancient curses. Set in the 19th century, the story follows the journey of a young archaeologist named Amelia, who discovers a hidden tomb in the deserts of Egypt. Inside, she uncovers the mummified remains of an ... Read more

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  • The Mummy  Vol. 2

    Restored Classics to Go Edition

    by Jane C. Loudon ...
    Series series
    This edition has been fully restored with modern typesetting, custom cover design. In "The Mummy Vol. 2" by Jane C. Loudon, readers are once again transported to the mysterious world of ancient Egypt. Following the thrilling events of the first volume, this sequel delves deeper into the secrets and powers of the enigmatic mummy, Cheops. As the story unfolds, readers are taken on a journey through ... Read more

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  • The Mummy  Vol. 3

    Restored Classics to Go Edition

    by Jane C. Loudon ...
    Series series
    Diese Ausgabe wurde vollständig restauriert, mit moderner Typografie, individuellem Coverdesign und korrigierter Formatierung. In "The Mummy Vol. 3" by Jane C. Loudon, readers are taken on a thrilling journey through ancient Egypt as they follow the adventures of the courageous archaeologist, Dr. Amelia Edwards. As she uncovers the secrets of the past, she must navigate treacherous tombs, sinister ... Read more

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  • The Mummy! ; Or a Tale of the Twenty-Second Century

    by Jane C. Loudon ...
    The Mummy! : Or a Tale of the Twenty-Second Century is an 1827 novel written by Jane C. Loudon. It concerns an Egyptian mummy named Cheops who is brought back to life in the year 2126. The novel borrows many themes and ideas from another popular science fiction novel written by a female author of the period, Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, as well as ideas about a future filled with advanced ... Read more

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  • Audiobook

    The Mummy!

    A Tale of the Twenty-Second Century

    by Jane C. Loudon ...
    Narrated by Gabrielle de Cuir, John Rubinstein, John Lee, Stefan Rudnicki, Kate Orsini, Paul Boehmer, Robertson Dean, Arthur Morey, Susan Hanfield, Alex Hyde-White, Nan McNamara, Tom Newth, various narrators ...

    Unabridged

    18 hours 10 min

    Published anonymously in three volumes in 1827, when the author was only seventeen years old, The Mummy! is, as she describes it herself, a strange, wild novel that—to an audience nearer her future than when Loudon imagined it—is filled with striking similarities to our modern world, including a form of the internet. But it is also filled with brilliant flights of fancy: her court ladies wear hair ... Read more

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  • 20 Time Travel Classics

    Victorian and Edwardian Voyages Through Utopias, Dystopias, Gothic Fantasies, and Far-Future Worlds

    by H. G. Wells, William Hope Hodgson, Mark Twain, Abraham Merritt, Edward Bellamy, Frederic W. Farrar, Lewis Carroll, Charles Dickens, Elizabeth Burgoyne Corbett, Edmond About, Henry Holt, Robert Hugh Benson, Edith Nesbit, Edwin Lester Arnold, Jane C. Loudon, William Henry Hudson, Gertrude Barrows Bennett, Francis Stevens, William Morris ...
    20 Time Travel Classics surveys the imaginative history of temporal displacement, assembling romances, satires, speculative adventures, moral fables, and proto-scientific narratives from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Its selections reveal time travel not merely as a device of wonder but as a means of testing progress, empire, religion, technology, gender, and social order. ... Read more

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  • Instructions in Gardening for Ladies

    The original 1834 classic gardening book

    by Jane C Loudon ...
    Having married a gardening expert, it seemed to Jane C Loudon, that everyone around her knew far more about plants and gardening than she did, but she quickly learned the art of horticulture from her husband and decided to pass his teachings on to other ladies to help them enjoy the delights of the garden. Gardening for Ladies was, and still is, an entirely practical book that describes how a lady ... Read more

    $2.99 USD