Vathek
  • Published:
    Oct-1995
  • Formats:
    Print / eBook / Audio
  • Main Genre:
    Horror
  • Pages:
    352
  • Age Level:
    18 & up
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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 Memoirs, a collection of essays on imaginary artists, and the novel Azemia, a scathing attack on British politics.

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    • First Edition
    • Oct-1995
    • Penguin
    • Trade Paperback
    • ISBN: 0140435301
    • ISBN13: 9780140435306
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    • Jul-1983
    • Oxford University Press (UK)
    • Paperback
    • ISBN: 0192816454
    • ISBN13: 9780192816450
    •  
    • Mar-1999
    • Oxford University Press (UK)
    • Trade Paperback
    • ISBN: 0192836560
    • ISBN13: 9780192836564
    •  
    • 2000
    • Creation Books
    • Trade Paperback
    • ISBN: 1840680180
    • ISBN13: 9781840680188
    •  
    • Nov-2001
    • Penguin (UK)
    • Paperback
    • ISBN: 0140439617
    • ISBN13: 9780140439618
    •  
    • May-2014
    • Oxford University Press (UK)
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 0191561142
    • ISBN13: 9780191561146
    •  
    • May-1983
    • OUP Oxford
    • eBook
    • ISBN: 0191605816
    • ISBN13: 9780191605819
    •  
    • Jun-2009
    • Floating Press
    • eBook
    • ISBN: 1775415597
    • ISBN13: 9781775415596
    •  
    • Mar-2011
    • Barnes & Noble
    • eBook
    • ISBN: 1411444078
    • ISBN13: 9781411444072
    •  
    • Jun-2013
    • OUP Oxford
    • eBook
    • ISBN: 0191645788
    • ISBN13: 9780191645785



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