# Vathek and Other Stories

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- Book: [Vathek and Other Stories](https://www.bookquiver.com/malcolm-jack/vathek-and-other-stories) ([Vathek and Other Stories.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/malcolm-jack/vathek-and-other-stories.md))
- Authors: [Malcolm Jack](https://www.bookquiver.com/malcolm-jack), [William Beckford](https://www.bookquiver.com/william-beckford)
- Publisher: penguin_classics
- ISBN: 978-01-4043-530-6
- Pages: 352
- Published: 2007-04-26
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

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.