Vathek (Oxford World's Classics)
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Vathek (Oxford World's Classics)

by William Beckford

Fiction gothic
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An ambitious caliph's quest for power and forbidden knowledge leads him into a realm of supernatural mystery in this influential Gothic novel.

ISBN-13 9780199576951 ASIN 0199576955 Views 176 Publisher Oxford University Press Year 2013 Edition Second Format Paperback Product Group Book Pages 141 Created February 20, 2026 Updated August 06, 2026
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Vathek is a landmark work of Gothic fiction originally published in the eighteenth century.

The novel follows the journey of a caliph whose pursuit of forbidden knowledge leads him into a world of mystery and the supernatural.

William Beckford's atmospheric prose established many conventions of the Gothic genre that influenced later writers.

This Oxford World's Classics edition presents the authoritative text for modern readers.

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