| The History of the Caliph Vathek Contributor(s): Morley, Henry (Introduction by), Henley, Samuel (Translator), Beckford, William (Author) |
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ISBN: 1975653939 ISBN-13: 9781975653934 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $13.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Gothic |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.34" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (0.48 lbs) 158 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Vathek, Gothic novel by William Beckford, published in 1786. Considered a masterpiece of bizarre invention and sustained fantasy, Vathek was written in French in 1782 and was translated into English by the author's friend the Rev. Samuel Henley, who published it anonymously, claiming in the preface that the novel was his own translated from an Arabic original. The caliph Vathek is a blasphemous voluptuary who constructs a tower so tall that from it he can survey all the kingdoms of the world. Vathek impiously defies Muhammad in the seventh heaven, thus condemning himself to eternal damnation and expulsion to the netherworld. |