An edition of An Arabian tale: from an unpublished manuscript: with notes critical and explanatory. (1786)

Vathek, conte arabe

by William Beckford, Samuel Henley, Richard Garnett , Samuel Henley, Franz Blei, John Beckford, and Giaime Giaime Pintor

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An edition of An Arabian tale: from an unpublished manuscript: with notes critical and explanatory. (1786)

Vathek, conte arabe

by William Beckford, Samuel Henley, Richard Garnett , Samuel Henley, Franz Blei, John Beckford, and Giaime Giaime Pintor

★★★ 3.0 (1 rating)
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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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1984

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06 Vathek.: Réimprimé sur l'original français, avec la préf. de Stéphane Mallarmé. 1893, Perrin in French	bbbb Read Listen Locate
07 Vathek: An Arabian Tale 1893, Lawrence & Bullen	bbbb Read Listen Locate
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09 Le Vathek de Beckford 1876, Adolphe Labitte in French	bbbb Read Listen Locate
10 Vathek: an Arabian tale, with notes, critical and explanatory 1872, J. Miller in English	bbbb Read Listen Locate
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12 An Arabian tale: from an unpublished manuscript: with notes critical and explanatory 1786, Printed for J. Johnson in English	bbbb Read Listen Locate

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Electronic text of: Beckford, William, 1760-1844. Vathek, conte arabe / pref. par Eugene Bressy. Paris : J. Corti, 1946.

The ARTFL Project; American and French Research on the Treasury of the French Language, Department of Romance Languages and Literature, The University of Chicago, 1050 E. 59th St., Chicago IL 60637; USA; artfl@artfl.uchicago.edu.

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In French.

Published in: Chicago

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Open Library: OL53421087M
OCLC/WorldCat: 38225426

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Vathek, conte arabe

by William Beckford, Samuel Henley, Richard Garnett , Samuel Henley, Franz Blei, John Beckford, and Giaime Giaime Pintor