An Arabian tale
from an unpublished manuscript: with notes critical and explanatory
by William Beckford, Samuel Henley, Richard Garnett , Samuel Henley, Franz Blei, John Beckford, and Giaime Giaime Pintor
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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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Vathek.: Réimprimé sur l'original français, avec la préf. de Stéphane Mallarmé.
1893, Perrin
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An Arabian tale: from an unpublished manuscript: with notes critical and explanatory
1786, Printed for J. Johnson
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Manuscript note on fly-leaf: This is the very rare first issue of the first edition, with page 48 wrongly numbered 84.
Caption and running title: The history of the caliph Vathek.
Spine title: Caliph Vathek.
Later editions appeared under the titles Vathek, and The history of the caliph Vathek.
Large paper. Cf. Guy Chapman. A Bibliography of William Beckford of Fonthill. 1930. p. 22.
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