An edition of The Episodes of Vathek (1900)

The episodes of Vathek

by William Beckford

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An edition of The Episodes of Vathek (1900)

The episodes of Vathek

In the usual version of Vathek, when the antihero goes to Eblis` infernal realm, he encounters a group of other damned royalty awaiting their appointed dooms in a sort of lobby of hell, & these characters tell him their stories, beautiful dark tales in a decadent arabian nights flavour, which beckford himself, it is said, felt were too dangerous in their blasphemy to be published - or at least for him to be associated too. Personally i like the episodes more than the story of Vathek himself, excellent though it is....

Publish Date

1900

Publisher

Chapman & Dodd

Language

English

Pages

226

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1 The Episodes of Vathek (Dedalus European Classics) October 1995, Hippocrene Books, Dedalus Books Limited Paperback in English - New Ed edition 1873982615 9781873982617	cccc Borrow Listen Locate
2 The episodes of Vathek 1975, Fairleigh Dickinson University Press in English 0838611281 9780838611289	cccc Borrow Listen Locate
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