01764cam a22003613u 4500 2060 UtSlPG 20260610133053.0 m cr n 260607r2000||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG en iso639-1 PR Beckford, William, 1760-1844 The History of Caliph Vathek Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2000 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Translation of Vathek Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vathek Release date is 2000-02-01 Transcribed from the 1887 Cassell & Company edition by David Price "The History of Caliph Vathek" by William Beckford is a Gothic novel composed in French beginning in 1782 and first published in English in 1786. The story follows Vathek, a depraved and tyrannical caliph with an unquenchable thirst for knowledge, who encounters a mysterious stranger promising magical treasures and access to forbidden power. Seduced by promises of ultimate knowledge and the keys to the Palace of Underground Fire, Vathek makes a dark pact that demands terrible sacrifices and leads him down a path of increasingly heinous acts, rejecting salvation at every turn. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Original publication data not identified English fiction Gothic fiction Arab countries -- Fiction Morley, Henry, 1822-1894 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2060 44167 44167