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An edition of Vathek (1815)

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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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Publisher
Chez Clarke
Language
French
Pages
218

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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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The history of the Caliph Vathek / by William Beckford.
1887, Cassell
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Vathek: an Arabian tale. With notes, critical and biographical.
1887, J.B. Alden
in English
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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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Vathek.
1815, Chez Clarke
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Engr. t.-p.
"Les éditions de Paris et de Lausanne, étant devenu extrémement rares, j'ai consenti enfin à ce que l'on republiât à Londres ce petit ouvrage tel que je l'ai composé."--Préf. (signed W. Beckford)

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Genre
Fiction.

Classifications

Library of Congress
PQ2193.B38 V3 1815, PQ1957.B29 V3 1815

The Physical Object

Pagination
2 p. l., 218 p.
Number of pages
218

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL6574127M
Internet Archive
vathek02beckgoog
LCCN
15004070
OCLC/WorldCat
3582718
Library Thing
57530

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