Title Vathek : an Arabian tale / William Beckford.

Publication Info.	[Auckland, N.Z.] : Floating Press, [2009]
	©2009

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Description	1 electronic document (173 pages)
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Note	Archived by the National Library of New Zealand.
	Title from PDF t.p. (viewed on May 18, 2011 ).
	Novel.
	Translated from the French. This version based on an 1887 edition.
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Summary	<I>Vathek</i> 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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Subject	Middle East -- Fiction.
	Middle East.
Genre/Form	Fiction.
	Electronic books.
	Fantasy fiction.
	Gothic fiction.
	Electronic books.
	Fiction.
Added Title	Vathek. English https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2014030049
Other Form:	Print version: Beckford, William Vathek : An Arabian Tale Auckland : The Floating Press,c2009
ISBN	9781775415596
	1775415597
	9781775569602
	1775569608