The Barnum Museum

The Barnum Museum

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author = Steven Millhauser
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country = United States
language = English
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genre = Short stories
publisher = Poseidon Press
release_date = June 1990
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media_type = Print (Hardback & Paperback)
pages = 237 pp
isbn = ISBN 978-0671686406
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"The Barnum Museum" is a 1990 collection of short stories by Steven Millhauser perhaps most notable for its closing story, 'Eisenheim the Illusionist', which was filmed in 2006 as The Illusionist.

Short stories

* A Game of Clue
* Behind the Blue Curtain
* The Barnum Museum
* The Sepia Postcard
* The Eighth Voyage of Sinbad
* Klassik Komix #1
* Rain
* Alice, Falling
* The Invention of Robert Herendeen
* Eisenheim the Illusionist


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