TY  - BOOK
AU  - Beckford,William
TI  - Vathek
AV  - PQ 
PY  - 2018///
CY  - Salt Lake City, UT
PB  - Project Gutenberg
KW  - Fantasy fiction
KW  - Gothic fiction
KW  - Arab countries -- Fiction
KW  - Middle East -- Fiction
N1  - Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vathek Wikipedia page about this book: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vathek; Release date is 2018-09-02; Produced by Laurent Vogel (This book was produced from
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N2  - "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 tyrannical caliph consumed by an insatiable thirst for forbidden knowledge. When a mysterious stranger offers him access to the legendary Palace of Underground Fire and its supernatural powers, Vathek enters a dark pact that demands terrible sacrifices. His journey toward damnation leads him through seduction, betrayal, and increasingly monstrous acts, as warnings from heaven go unheeded by his relentless pride. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
UR  - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/57832
ER  -