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Vathek - Oxford World's Classics William Beckford 2 Revised edition
Vathek - Oxford World's Classics
William Beckford
A captivating hybrid of Gothic, oriental, and satiric fiction, Vathek documents the fall of Vathek, whose obsessive quest for knowledge, pleasure and power leads to his eventual damnation. An extraordinary fantasy, the novel has influenced writers from Byron to Lovecraft. This new edition combines a definitive text with new introduction and notes.
192 pages
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | June 13, 2013 |
| ISBN13 | 9780199576951 |
| Publishers | Oxford University Press |
| Pages | 192 |
| Dimensions | 130 × 195 × 12 mm · 148 g |
| Language | English |
| Editor | Keymer, Thomas (Chancellor Jackman Professor, University of Toronto) |
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