Vathek; An Arabian Tale

Name: Vathek; An Arabian Tale
Author: William Beckford

by William Beckford

EN·~4 hours

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Language

Duration

~4 hours (232K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Release date

2013-03-24

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

Subjects

Fantasy fiction Gothic fiction Arab countries -- Fiction Middle East -- 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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