Vathek and Other Stories
By Malcolm Jack & William Beckford
Release : 2007-04-26
Genre : Classics, Books, Fiction & Literature, Nonfiction, Short Stories
Kind : ebook
Beckford's Gothic novel Vathek, an Arabian tale, was originally written in French when the author was twenty-one. Published in English in 1786, it was one of the most successful of the oriental tales then in fashion. This edition makes available to a new generation of scholars and general readers, the originality of Beckford's ideas, and the excellence of his prose.
Vathek and Other Stories
By Malcolm Jack & William Beckford
Release : 2007-04-26
Genre : Classics, Books, Fiction & Literature, Nonfiction, Short Stories
Kind : ebook