Vathek and Other Stories: A William Beckford Reader

by Malcolm Jack and William Beckford

An enthralling work of Gothic fiction, modelled on the Arabian Nights, William Beckford's Vathek and Other Stories is edited with an introduction by Malcolm Jack in Penguin Classics.

William Beckford was a novelist, travel writer, art critic and politician best known for his novel Vathek - a story with elaborate imagery, sardonic humour and an unforgettable gallery of grotesques - which describes a journey to the halls of Eblis,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0140435301
• ISBN13: 9780140435306
• Release Date: October 1995
• Publisher: Penguin Group
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.1" x 7.8"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher