Vathek and Other Stories: A William Beckford Reader
By Malcolm Jack , William Beckford
English | 2007 | ASIN : B00358VIBE | 252 pages | EPUB | 2.2 MB
By Malcolm Jack , William Beckford
English | 2007 | ASIN : B00358VIBE | 252 pages | EPUB | 2.2 MB
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 excellence of his prose.