An edition of An Arabian tale: from an unpublished manuscript: with notes critical and explanatory.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

Vathek

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An edition of An Arabian tale: from an unpublished manuscript: with notes critical and explanatory.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

Vathek

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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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128

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Subjects

Fiction, general, French literature, translations into english, Description and travel, Fiction, Inheritance and succession, Classic Literature, Thirty years' war, 1618-1648, Civilization, French literature, Translations into English, English literature, Translations, Fiction, gothic, Long Now Manual for Civilization, Caliphs, French fiction, Databases

People

Samuel Johnson (1709-1784), Samuel Henley (1740-1815)

Places

Arab countries, Venice (Italy), Europe, Middle East

Times

18th century

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2000, Creation Books
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1958, Folio Society
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1907, Zeitler
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1900, J. Pott & co.
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Vathek: An Arabian Tale
1893, Lawrence & Bullen
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Vathek.: Réimprimé sur l'original français, avec la préf. de Stéphane Mallarmé.
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Vathek: an Arabian tale, with notes, critical and explanatory
1872, J. Miller
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Vathek: An Arabian Tale. With Notes, Critical and Explanatory
1836, R. Bentley
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An Arabian tale: from an unpublished manuscript: with notes critical and explanatory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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First Sentence

"VATHEK, ninth Caliph of the race of the Abassides, was the son of Motassem, and the grandson of Haroun al Raschid."

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Format
Paperback
Number of pages
128
Weight
9.3 ounces

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL8916585M
ISBN 10
1840680180
ISBN 13
9781840680188
OCLC/WorldCat
42875948
LibraryThing
57530
Goodreads
6150283

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OL777826W

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