Lot No. 249
by Arthur Conan Doyleliterary work· published 1892
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"Lot No. 249" is a Gothic horror short story by British writer Arthur Conan Doyle, first published in Harper's Magazine in 1892. The story tells of a University of Oxford athlete named Abercrombie Smith who notices a strange series of events surrounding Edward Bellingham, an Egyptology student who owns many ancient Egyptian artefacts, including a mummy. After seeing his mummy disappear and reappear, and two instances of Bellingham's enemies being attacked, Smith concludes that Bellingham is re-animating his mummy. Written during a period of great European interest in Egyptian culture known as Egyptomania, "Lot No. 249" was inspired by Doyle's interests in the supernatural, crime and Egyptology.
Adaptations (1)
Lot No. 249 was adapted into a 1990 film.
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie1990 · film · 93 min · dir. John Harrison · IMDb ↗A young boy tells three stories of horror to distract a witch who plans to eat him.
