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Vathek (Paperback)
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Vathek (Paperback)
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List price R208
Loot Price R178
Discovery Miles 1 780
You Save R30 (14%)
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Vathek (1786) is a novel by William Beckford. Inspired by his
travels, Beckford wrote Vathek in French before supervising its
translation into English by Reverend Samuel Henley. Recognized as
an instrumental work in the popularization of Orientalist fiction,
Vathek is an early Gothic novel that influenced such writers as
Edgar Allan Poe, Lord Byron, Robert Southey, and H. P. Lovecraft.
Born into a royal family, Vathek is appointed the ninth caliph of
the Abassides as a boy. Spoiled and enabled at every turn, he grows
to be an insufferably vain and vindictive ruler, unschooled in
diplomacy and always quick to anger. When a deformed stranger
arrives at his palace claiming to be a merchant from India, Vathek
purchases a set of inscribed sabers. At dinner that night, the
merchant insults the caliph with his silence and is sentenced to
prison. The next morning, the merchant escapes, killing every guard
in his path. As Vathek examines the glowing blades, he sees that
the messages inscribed on them have changed-he has been cursed, and
the only way to reverse his fate is to find the man he mistreated.
Determined to remain his own master, he sets out for the mountain
to clear his head, beginning a journey from which few return.
Immersed in Islamic mythology, Vathek is a cautionary tale of
power, faith, and desire that earned its author a reputation as a
leading young artist with a gift for fantasy. With a beautifully
designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition
of William Beckford's Vathek is a classic of British literature
reimagined for modern readers.
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