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"Vathek" and Other Stories: A William Beckford Reader (Penguin Classics)
Vathek and Other Stories A William Beckford Reader - Penguin Classics Author:William Beckford Beckford's Gothic novel "Vathek", an Arabian tale, was originally written in French when the author was twenty-one. Published in English in 1786, it was one of the most successful of the oriental tales then in fashion. This edition makes available to a new generation of scholars and general readers, the originality of Beckford's ideas, and the e... more »xcellence of his prose.« less