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- 2007
- year of publication
- 352
- pages
- English (United Kingdom)
- language
- Softcover
- cover
- Publisher
- penguin_classics
- ISBN-13
- 978-01-4043-530-6
- EAN
- 9780140435306
- Publication date
- 2007-04-26
- Book
- Vathek and Other Stories · 2 editions
The publisher on this edition
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.
