Vathek and Other Stories
Author: Beckford, William
ISBN: 9780140435306
Publisher: Penguin UK
Year first published: 03 Sep 2007
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback / softback
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.
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.
ISBN: 9780140435306
Publisher: Penguin UK
Year first published: 03 Sep 2007
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback / softback
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.
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.
