Vathek
by Beckford, William
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- good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Good
- ISBN 10
- 0192836560
- ISBN 13
- 9780192836564
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Oxford University Press, USA, 1999. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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Vathek (alternatively titled Vathek, an Arabian Tale or The History of the Caliph Vathek) is a Gothic novel written by William Thomas Beckford. It was composed in French beginning in 1782, and then translated into English by Reverend Samuel Henley in which form it was first published in 1786 without Beckford's name as An Arabian Tale, From an Unpublished Manuscript, claiming to be translated directly from Arabic. The first French edition was published in 1787.
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- Title
- Vathek
- Author
- Beckford, William
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 2
- ISBN 10
- 0192836560
- ISBN 13
- 9780192836564
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Place of Publication
- Don Mills, On, Canada
- Date Published
- 1999
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