Vathek An Arabian Tale Lady Valkyrie Classics

Author : William Beckford
Publisher : Createspace Independent Pub
ISBN 13 : 9781481929004
Total Pages : 122 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Vathek, an Arabian Tale (Lady Valkyrie Classics) written by William Beckford and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2013-01-07 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this classic and timeless novel, we encounter the rise and fall of the once mighty Vathek. The story chronicles the fall from power of the Caliph Vathek (a fictionalized version of the historical Al-Wathiq), who engages with his mother, Carathis, in a series of licentious and deplorable activities designed to gain him supernatural powers. Perverse and grotesque comedy alternates with scenes of magnificence and beauty in the story of the ruthless Caliph Vathek's journey to damnation. In his attempts to reach the unreachable, Vathek, instead of attaining mighty powers, descends into a hell ruled by the demon Eblis. Unable to escape from the deeps of the earth, Vathek is doomed to wander endlessly. Visit ladyvalkyrie.com for more Classics as well as for Other titles and Collections/Series of books!

Author : William Beckford
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Vathek, an Arabian Tale written by William Beckford and published by . This book was released on 1834 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : William Beckford
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Vathek written by William Beckford and published by . This book was released on 1834 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Beckford William
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780243845439
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.3X/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Vathek written by Beckford William and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : William Beckford
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.IP/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Vathek written by William Beckford and published by . This book was released on 1836 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : William Beckford
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Vathek written by William Beckford and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : William William Beckford
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781521153758
Total Pages : 65 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Vathek, an Arabian Tale written by William William Beckford and published by . This book was released on 2017-04-29 with total page 65 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How is this book unique? Font adjustments & biography included Unabridged (100% Original content) Illustrated About Vathek, An Arabian Tale by William Beckford Vathek is a Gothic novel written by William Beckford. It was composed in French beginning in 1782, and then translated into English by Reverend Samuel Henley in which form it was first published in 1786 without Beckford's name as An Arabian Tale, From an Unpublished Manuscript, claiming to be translated directly from Arabic. The first French edition, titled simply as Vathek, was published in December 1786 (postdated 1787). In the twentieth century some editions include The Episodes of Vathek (Vathek et ses épisodes), three related tales intended by Beckford to be so incorporated, but omitted from the original edition and published separately long after his death. Vathek capitalised on the 18th (and early 19th) century obsession with all things Oriental (see Orientalism), which was inspired by Antoine Galland's translation of The Arabian Nights (itself retranslated, into English, in 1708). Beckford was also influenced by similar works from the French writer Voltaire. His originality lay in combining the popular Oriental elements with the Gothic stylings of Horace Walpole's The Castle of Otranto (1764). The result stands alongside Walpole's novel and Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1818) in the first rank of early Gothic fiction.

Author : William Beckford
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Vathek (Esprios Classics) written by William Beckford and published by . This book was released on 2023-05-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William Thomas Beckford (29 September 1760 - 2 May 1844) was an English novelist, art collector, patron of decorative art, critic, travel writer, plantation owner and for some time politician. He was reputed at one stage to be England's richest commoner. The son of William Beckford and Maria Hamilton, daughter of the Hon. George Hamilton, he served as a Member of Parliament for Wells in 1784-1790 and Hindon in 1790-1795 and 1806-1820. Beckford is remembered for a Gothic novel, Vathek (1786); for building the lost Fonthill Abbey in Wiltshire and Lansdown Tower ("Beckford's Tower") in Bath; and for his art collection.

Author : William Beckford
Publisher : CUP Archive
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book the history of the caliph vathek written by William Beckford and published by CUP Archive. This book was released on 1900 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : William Beckford
Publisher : Independently Published
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 118 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book The History of Caliph Vathek Annotated written by William Beckford and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-05 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vathek (alternatively titled Vathek, an Arabian Tale or The History of the Caliph Vathek) is a Gothic novel written by William Beckford. It was composed in French beginning in 1782, and then translated into English by Reverend Samuel Henley in which form it was first published in 1786 without Beckford's name as An Arabian Tale, From an Unpublished Manuscript, claiming to be translated directly from Arabic. The first French edition, titled simply as Vathek, was published in December 1786 (postdated 1787). In the twentieth century some editions include The Episodes of Vathek (Vathek et ses épisodes), three related tales intended by Beckford to be so incorporated, but omitted from the original edition and published separately long after his death.