An edition of The Episodes of Vathek
(1900)
The episodes of Vathek
by William Beckford
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September 8, 2025 | History
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....
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The Episodes of Vathek (Dedalus European Classics)
October 1995, Hippocrene Books, Dedalus Books Limited
Paperback
in English
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1873982615 9781873982617
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The episodes of Vathek
1975, Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
in English
0838611281 9780838611289
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