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Le roman de La Momie

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Un riche lord anglais, Lord Evandale, découvre avec son ami scientifique Rumphius une tombe non profanée dans la Vallée des Rois. À côté de la momie, dont la morphologie réserve quelques surprises, un manuscrit ancien, qui retranscrit l'histoire de la belle Tahoser, fille du prêtre Pétamounoph, éprise de l'Hébreu Poëri mais poursuivie par les assiduités de Pharaon.

Ce roman plein de couleurs décrit l'Égypte ancienne d'une manière particulièrement poétique, et relate un événement historique lorsqu'un certain Mosché, aussi connu sous le nom de Moïse, décide de faire fuir son peuple de l'Égypte.

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I wa very excited to find this story I enjoyed so much as a teenager in its original language. I was very disappointed by the narration though. Nadine Eckert-Boulet has a beautiful diction, but her robotic, sing-song tone ruins the effect of the delicious prose of Gautier. Her narration is also full of "liaisons" between words that are irritating distractions at best and plain wrong at worst.
All in all, a soulless performance. After the initial turnoff though, I was able to focus on the story, pulling out my old paperback copy of the book at times and recaptured the feeling of wonder I had felt when first reading Gautier's recount of Tahoser's story woven into a profound passage of the Old Testament.

beautiful story, unfortunate performance

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