A captivating hybrid of Gothic, oriental, and satiric fiction, Vathek documents the fall of Vathek, whose obsessive quest for knowledge, pleasure and power leads to his eventual damnation. An... Læs mere
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First published in 1796 under the pseudonym Lady Harriet Marlow, Modern Novel Writing ridicules the sentimental and sensational novels of the day, and especially the productions of William Lane's Minerva Press;
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William Beckford's Vathek is a touchstone of eighteenth-century Orientalism and of the Gothic novel. This Broadview edition, based on the 1823 edition - the last one... Læs mere