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Cover of Vathek and Other Stories: A William Beckford Reader

Vathek and Other Stories: A William Beckford Reader

✍ Scribed by William Beckford

Book ID
110816465
Publisher
Penguin Group USA, Inc.
Year
1995
Tongue
en-GB
Weight
322 KB
Category
Fiction
ISBN-13
9781101492772

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis

This collection of writings features the complete text of Beckford's best-known book, Vathek. Beckford's talent for satire emerges in selections from Biographical Memoirs , a collection of essays on imaginary artists, and the novel Azemia, a scathing attack on British politics.

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