Vathek and Other Stories

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. 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. —- ISBN: 9780140435306