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1786
An Arabian tale
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Vathek is one of the earliest and most influential Gothic novels. Its hero is the Caliph Vathek who renounces Islam in a hedonistic quest for supernatural powers, which leads to his downfall. Beckford's genius was in marrying Orientalism with the Gothic, both sources of fascination and delight to reading audiences of the time.
Creators
Fiction
Long Now Manual for Civilization
English literature
Fiction, general
classic literature
Inheritance and succession
Fiction, gothic
French fiction
Translations
Translations into English
French literature
Description and travel
Civilization
Thirty years' war, 1618-1648
Databases
French literature, translations into english
Caliphs
