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100 1 _aBeckford, William,
_d1760-1844
245 1 0 _aVathek
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2018
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aWikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vathek Wikipedia page about this book: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vathek
500 _aRelease date is 2018-09-02
508 _aProduced by Laurent Vogel (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Books project.)
520 _a"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.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aFantasy fiction
653 _aGothic fiction
653 _aArab countries -- Fiction
653 _aMiddle East -- Fiction
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/57832
999 _c98661
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