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An edition of Vathek (1815)

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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Oxford University Press
Language
English
Pages
170

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Subjects
Fiction, Description and travel, Inheritance and succession, Accessible book, OverDrive, Classic Literature
People
Samuel Johnson (1709-1784), Samuel Henley (1740-1815)
Places
Arab countries, Venice (Italy), Europe, Middle East

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Vathek
1983, Oxford University Press
in English - [Rev. ed.].
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Vathek.
1972, Scholar's Facsimiles & Reprints
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Vathek: an Arabian tale, 1786
1971, Scolar Press
in English
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Vathek.
1923, P. Allan
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Vathek
1922, Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent
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The history of the Caliph Vathek / by William Beckford.
1887, Cassell
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Vathek: an Arabian tale. With notes, critical and biographical.
1887, J.B. Alden
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Vathek: an Arabian tale
1834, R. Bentley, Bell and Bradfute
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Vathek
1816, Printed for W. Clarke, New Bond street
- 3rd ed., rev. and corrected.
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Vathek.
1815, Chez Clarke

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Oxford [Oxfordshire], New York

Edition Notes

Bibliography: p. [xxxvii]-xl.
"The present text follows that of the "Third edition" of 1816, in which Beckford extensively revised and corrected Samuel Henley's original English translations from the French"--Cover.

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The World's classics

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Dewey Decimal Class
843/.5
Library of Congress
PQ1957.B29 V313 1983, PR4091.V/

The Physical Object

Pagination
xliii, 170 p. ;
Number of pages
170

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Open Library
OL3502032M
Internet Archive
vathek00beck_fwi
ISBN 10
0192816454
LCCN
82022334
OCLC/WorldCat
9018629
Library Thing
57530
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2724592

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