Vathek with the Episodes of V Pb (Broadview Literary Texts): With the Episodes of Vather

by WilliamBeckford (Author)

• New

  Illustrated
  2001

  $31.10

  Graham's Vathek with The Episodes of Vathek is certain to remain the standard edition of, and commentary on, Beckford for decades to come. -- Kevin L. Cope, Louisiana State University

• Used

  Paperback
  2005

  $3.25

  Vathek, a virtual fantasy autobiography of William Beckford, was the first Oriental Gothic horror novel in English literature. First published in 1786, it relates the story of the villainous Caliph Vathek, a man devoted to sensual pleasures and obsessed with the acquisition of knowledge and beautiful objects alike, who builds a great tower to 'penetrate the secrets of heaven'. Set in the exotic surroundings of Arabia, Vathek is a classic tale of lust for riches and power, where magic, trickery and betrayal abound.