The History of Caliph Vathek (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781986752374)

Vendor: Samuel Henley
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Format: Paperback
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The History of Caliph Vathek

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The History of Caliph Vathek

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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. Vathek was written during a time when part of European culture was influenced by Orientalism. It is an Arabian tale because of the oriental setting and characters and the depiction of oriental cultures, societies, and myth. Vathek is also a Gothic novel with its emphasis on the supernatural, ghosts, and spirits, as well as the terror it tries to induce in the reader.

Author: Samuel Henley,William Beckford
ISBN-10: 1986752372
ISBN-13: 9781986752374
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 03/22/2018
Pages: 98
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.31lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.20d
By Samuel Henley
By Samuel Henley
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William Thomas Beckford (1 October 1760 - 2 May 1844) was an English novelist, a profligate and consummately knowledgeable art collector and patron of works of decorative art, a critic, travel writer and sometime politician, reputed at one stage in his life to be the richest commoner in England. His parents were William Beckford and Maria Hamilton, daughter of the Hon. George Hamilton. He was Member of Parliament for Wells from 1784 to 1790, for Hindon from 1790 to 1795 and 1806 to 1820. He is remembered as the author of the Gothic novel Vathek (1786), the builder of the remarkable lost Fonthill Abbey and Lansdown Tower ("Beckford's Tower"), Bath, and especially for his art collection.

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