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The Mummy!

A Tale of the Twenty-Second CenturyBy Jane C. LoudonNarrated 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

Length18h 9m

About this audiobook

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 ornaments of controlled flame; surgeons and lawyers may be steam-powered automatons; people holiday by moving their entire home on rails. The visionary technological setting contrasts with a morality seemingly gone awry as it falls to the reanimated mummy Cheops to try to find a role in this corrupted society. A lost curio of Victorian futurism waiting to be discovered, The Mummy! is as bizarre and entertaining as its premise promises—and more. Its present-day appeal to fans of steampunk and Victorian settings is undeniable. This full-cast Skyboat Media production, adapted, produced, and directed by Gabrielle De Cuir, is the perfect vehicle to fully exploit Loudon’s sophisticated visionary narrative, and bolster it with scenes of vivid character dialogue.

Audiobook details

GenreHorror, Dystopia, Science Fiction

Length18 hrs 9 mins

Narrated byGabrielle 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

FormatAudiobook

Publish dateDec 21, 2019

LanguageEnglish

1Chapter 1

17Chapter 17

2Chapter 2

18Chapter 18

3Chapter 3

19Chapter 19

4Chapter 4

20Chapter 20

5Chapter 5

21Chapter 21

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6Chapter 6

22Chapter 22

7Chapter 7

23Chapter 23

8Chapter 8

24Chapter 24

9Chapter 9

25Chapter 25

10Chapter 10

26Chapter 26

11Chapter 11

27Chapter 27

12Chapter 12

28Chapter 28

13Chapter 13

29Chapter 29

14Chapter 14

30Chapter 30

15Chapter 15

31Chapter 31

16Chapter 16

32Chapter 32

About the author

Jane C. Loudon

Jane C. Loudon was an English author and early pioneer of science fiction. She wrote before the term was invented, and was discussed for a century as a writer of gothic fiction, fantasy, or horror. She also created the first popular gardening manuals, as opposed to specialist horticultural works, reframing the art of gardening as fit for young women, and contributed to the work of her husband, John Claudius Loudon.View all by Jane C. Loudon