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An edition of Vathek (1815)

Vathek.

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Vathek is one of the earliest and most influential Gothic novels. Its hero is the Caliph Vathek who renounces Islam in a hedonistic quest for supernatural powers, which leads to his downfall. Beckford's genius was in marrying Orientalism with the Gothic, both sources of fascination and delight to reading audiences of the time.

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P. Allan

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Subjects

Description and travel, Fiction, Inheritance and succession, Classic Literature, French literature, translations into english, Fiction, general, Thirty years' war, 1618-1648, Civilization

People

Samuel Johnson (1709-1784), Samuel Henley (1740-1815)

Places

Arab countries, Venice (Italy), Europe, Middle East

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Vathek
1983, Oxford University Press
in English - [Rev. ed.].
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Vathek.
1972, Scholar's Facsimiles & Reprints
in English
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Vathek: an Arabian tale, 1786
1971, Scolar Press
in English
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Vathek.
1923, P. Allan
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Vathek
1922, Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent
in English
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Vathek: an Arabian tale. With notes, critical and biographical.
1887, J.B. Alden
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The history of the Caliph Vathek / by William Beckford.
1887, Cassell
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Vathek: an Arabian tale
1834, R. Bentley, Bell and Bradfute
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Vathek
1816, Printed for W. Clarke, New Bond street
- 3rd ed., rev. and corrected.
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Vathek.
1815, Chez Clarke

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Other Titles
The Caliph Vathek

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Library of Congress
PR4091 V4 1923

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Pagination
212p.

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OL7025897M
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vathek__00beckuoft

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