William Beckford

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  • Bibliography:
    19 Books
  • First Book:
    March 1994
  • Latest Book:
    October 2017
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Book List in Order: 19 titles

  • Vathek and Other Stories

    Beckford's Gothic novel, Vathek, an Arabian tale, was originally written in French when the author was twenty-one. It is the story of Caliph Vathek, whose eye can kill at a glance, who makes a pact with the Devil, Eblis. This edition includes an intr...

  • Vathek

    An enthralling work of Gothic fiction, modelled on the Arabian Nights

    This collection of writings features the complete text of William Beckford's best-known book, Vathek. Beckford's talent for satire emerges in selections from Biographical ...

  • The History of the Caliph Vathek

    William Beckford was an English writer best known for the classic Gothic novel The History of the Caliph Vathek.  This edition includes a table of contents....

  • The Vision

    THE VISION is a most unusual book by a most unusual young man. William Beckford (1760-1844) was about seventeen when he wrote this strange, surreal tale of mystic revelation. He may have written it to impress a tutor, the St. Petersburg born Alexande...

  • Azemia

    Azemia is a satirical attack on what William Beckford perceived as characteristically feminine novel-writing. First published in 1797, under the pseudonym Jacquetta Agneta Mariana Jenks, it joined its companion volume Modern Novel Writing, or, The...

  • The History of the Caliph Vathek

  • Vathek, an Arabian Tale

    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, ...

  • Dreams, Waking Thoughts, and Incidents

  • The History of Caliph Vathek

    Beckford's Gothic novel, Vathek, an Arabian tale, was originally written in French when the author was 21. It is the story of Caliph Vathek, whose eye can kill at a glance, who makes a pact with the Devil, Eblis....



  • Vathek

    A captivating hybrid of Gothic, oriental, and satiric fiction, Vathek documents the fall of Vathek, whose obsessive quest for knowledge, pleasure and power leads to his eventual damnation. An extraordinary fantasy, the novel has influenced writers fr...

  • Vathek

    The novel chronicles the fall from power of the Caliph Vathek (a fictionalised version of the historical Al-Wathiq), who renounces Islam and engages with his mother, Carathis, in a series of licentious and deplorable activities designed to gain him s...

  • The History of the Caliph Vathek

  • Waking Thoughts

  • Dreams, Waking Thoughts And Incidents

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    This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available a...

  • Dreams, Waking Thoughts, And Incidents

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    Having studied under Sir William Chambers and Alexander Cozens, the author, William Thomas Beckford travelled to Italy in 1782 and promptly wrote a book on the subject: Dreams, Waking Thoughts, and Incidents; in a Series of Letters from Various Parts...

  • The Episodes Of Vathek

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    This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts ...

  • The History of Caliph Vathek

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    The dark forces of evil have taken over almost everything in this unique and extraordinary narrative. Set in Oriental-Islamic culture, Beckford vividly portrays the accesses which the caliph undertakes to quench his avarice and gluttony. The imaginat...

  • The Nymph Of The Fountain

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    Many of the gothic romance and horror stories, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using th...

  • The Story Of Prince Barkiarokh

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    This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available a...



Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

William Beckford has published 19 books.

William Beckford does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Waking Thoughts, was published in October 2017.

The first book by William Beckford, Vathek and Other Stories, was published in March 1994.

No. William Beckford does not write books in series.
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