The History of Caliph Vathek

Name: The History of Caliph Vathek
Author: William Beckford

by William Beckford

EN·~3 hours

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Description

Translation of Vathek

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Fantasy

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Gothic Fiction

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Duration

~3 hours (217K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Release date

2000-02-01

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

Subjects

English fiction Gothic fiction Arab countries -- Fiction

About the author

William Beckford

1760–1844

Best known for the wildly imaginative gothic tale Vathek, this eccentric English writer lived as lavishly and dramatically as one of his own characters. His life mixed great wealth, scandal, travel, collecting, and a lasting fascination with the strange and the beautiful.

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