WILLIAM BECKFORD

A captivating hybrid of Gothic, oriental, and satiric fiction, Vathek documents the fall of Vathek, whose obsessive quest for knowledge, pleasure and power leads to his eventual damnation. An extraordinary fantasy, the novel has influenced writers from Byron to Lovecraft. This new edition combines a definitive text with new introduction and notes.

The History of the Caliph Vathek - The Original Classic Edition, written by Mr William Beckford has been published in the English language. Vathek was the ninth Caliph of the Abassides, who ascended to the throne at an early age. His figure was pleasing and majestic, but when he got angry his eyes became so terrible that "the wretch on whom it w...

Diário de William Beckford em Portugal e Espanha. Introdução e notas de Boyd Alexander. Traduzido por João Gaspar Simões. Com un prefácio do tradutor de William BECKFORD. 1957, Empresa Nacional de Publicidade

This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by...