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An Arabian tale

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Vathek is one of the earliest and most influential Gothic novels. Its hero is the Caliph Vathek who renounces Islam in a hedonistic quest for supernatural powers, which leads to his downfall. Beckford's genius was in marrying Orientalism with the Gothic, both sources of fascination and delight to reading audiences of the time.

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William Beckford

author

Samuel Henley

author

Richard Garnett

author

Franz Blei

author

John Beckford

author

Giaime Giaime Pintor

author

Fiction Long Now Manual for Civilization English literature Fiction, general classic literature Inheritance and succession Fiction, gothic French fiction Translations Translations into English French literature Description and travel Civilization Thirty years' war, 1618-1648 Databases French literature, translations into english Caliphs

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