The History of the Caliph Vathek

William Beckford

Available in PDF, epub, and Kindle ebook. This book has 93 pages in the PDF version, and was originally published in 1786.

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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 Beckford. It chronicles the fall from power of the Caliph Vathek, who renounces Islam and engages with his mother, Carathis, in a series of licentious and deplorable activities designed to gain him supernatural powers. Vathek was written during a time when part of European culture was influenced by Orientalism.

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