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Vathek

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Reverend Samuel Henley in which form it was first published in 1786 without Beckford's name as An Arabian Tale, From an Unpublished…

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Author
William Beckford
Genre
Gothic novel
Publication date
1786 (English), 1787 (French)
Publisher
J. Johnson (English)
Language
French
Media type
Print (hardback)

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related to history · 62
Vathek → Adam, African, Afrit, Aherman, Allah, Arabic, Azazil, Balkis, BC, Bible, Book, Books, Caliph, Chronicles, Dive, Earth, Eblis, Egypt, Ethiopia, Eunuch
related to Sources · 37
Vathek → Ali, Arabian Nights, Archived, Beckford, Corti, Didier Girard, Enlightenment, Epistémé, Facsimile, French Editions, ISBN, ISSN, July, Laurent Châtel, Lausanne, Les, Lost Tale, Oxford, Paris, Préface
related to Further reading · 21
Vathek → An Eye, Derek, Didier Girard, Girard, Inscribing Dreams, ISBN, Jorge Luis Borges, José Corti, Jung, Magnificent, On William Beckford's Vathek, Ostergard, Palais, Paris, Raison, Selected Non-fictions, Terroriste, UG Press, William Beckford, Writer Gent
related to Literary significance and criticism · 21
Vathek → Byron, Destroyer, Edgar Allan Poe, Endymion, England's, English Prose Style, French, Herbert Read, In, In Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, John Keats's, Landor's Cottage, Lord Byron, Middle Eastern, Other Romantic, Poe's, Robert Southey's Thalaba, Stéphane Mallarmé, The Giaour, Thomas Moore's Lalla-Rookh
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Vathek → Abassides, Carathis, Depressed, Giaour, He, His Greek, If, India, Prophet Muhammad, Samarra, The, To, Zarathustrianism
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Vathek → Another, Freitas Branco, Horatio Parker, Luis Delgado, Luís, The Spanish
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Vathek → English, French, LibriVox, Project Gutenberg, Standard EbooksVathek
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Vathek → Architecture, He, Islam, This, Vathek's
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Vathek → Gothic novel

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VathekAuthorWilliam Beckford1.00infobox
VathekGenreGothic novel1.00infobox
VathekLanguageFrench1.00infobox
VathekMedia typePrint (hardback)1.00infobox
VathekPublication date1786 (English), 1787 (French)1.00infobox
VathekPublication placeUnited Kingdom1.00infobox
VathekPublisherJ. Johnson (English)1.00infobox
VathekTranslatorReverend Samuel Henley1.00infobox
Vathekrelated to AdaptationsGeorge Yeilding MacMahon0.60section
Vathekrelated to External linksProject Gutenberg0.60section
Vathekrelated to External linksEnglish0.60section
Vathekrelated to External linksFrench0.60section

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