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Author: William Beckford
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Author: William Beckford
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Pages : 134
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Author: ARABIAN TALE.
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Pages : 356
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Author: William Beckford
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Category : Arab countries
Languages : en
Pages : 168
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Author: William Beckford
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Languages : en
Pages : 416
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Author: William Beckford
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Category : English fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 216
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Author: William Beckford
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Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 356
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Author: William Beckford
Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub
ISBN: 9781481929004
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 122
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In this classic and timeless novel, we encounter the rise and fall of the once mighty Vathek. The story chronicles the fall from power of the Caliph Vathek (a fictionalized version of the historical Al-Wathiq), who engages with his mother, Carathis, in a series of licentious and deplorable activities designed to gain him supernatural powers. Perverse and grotesque comedy alternates with scenes of magnificence and beauty in the story of the ruthless Caliph Vathek's journey to damnation. In his attempts to reach the unreachable, Vathek, instead of attaining mighty powers, descends into a hell ruled by the demon Eblis. Unable to escape from the deeps of the earth, Vathek is doomed to wander endlessly. Visit ladyvalkyrie.com for more Classics as well as for Other titles and Collections/Series of books!
Author: William Beckford
Publisher: London : [s.n.]
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Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 446
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No words can describe the amazement of the courtiers when they beheld this rude merchant withstand the encounter unshocked. They all fell prostrate with their faces on the ground to avoid the risk of their lives, and continued in the same abject posture till the Caliph exclaimed in a furious tone, "Up, cowards! seize the miscreant! see that he be committed to prison and guarded by the best of my soldiers!
Author: William William Beckford
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ISBN: 9781521153758
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Pages : 65
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How is this book unique? Font adjustments & biography included Unabridged (100% Original content) Illustrated About Vathek, An Arabian Tale by William Beckford Vathek is a Gothic novel written by William Beckford. It was composed in French beginning in 1782, and then translated into English by Reverend Samuel Henley in which form it was first published in 1786 without Beckford's name as An Arabian Tale, From an Unpublished Manuscript, claiming to be translated directly from Arabic. The first French edition, titled simply as Vathek, was published in December 1786 (postdated 1787). In the twentieth century some editions include The Episodes of Vathek (Vathek et ses épisodes), three related tales intended by Beckford to be so incorporated, but omitted from the original edition and published separately long after his death. Vathek capitalised on the 18th (and early 19th) century obsession with all things Oriental (see Orientalism), which was inspired by Antoine Galland's translation of The Arabian Nights (itself retranslated, into English, in 1708). Beckford was also influenced by similar works from the French writer Voltaire. His originality lay in combining the popular Oriental elements with the Gothic stylings of Horace Walpole's The Castle of Otranto (1764). The result stands alongside Walpole's novel and Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1818) in the first rank of early Gothic fiction.
Author: William Beckford
Publisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781018289373
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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
