Memoirs of William Beckford of Fonthill, Author of Vathek

Memoirs of William Beckford of Fonthill, Author of Vathek
Author: Cyrus Redding
Publisher: Hardpress Publishing
Total Pages: 376
Release: 2012-01
Genre:
ISBN: 9781290229234

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.

Vathek and Other Stories

Vathek and Other Stories
Author: Malcolm Jack
Publisher: Penguin UK
Total Pages: 783
Release: 2007-04-26
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0141960140

Beckford's Gothic novel Vathek, an Arabian tale, was originally written in French when the author was twenty-one. Published in English in 1786, it was one of the most successful of the oriental tales then in fashion. This edition makes available to a new generation of scholars and general readers, the originality of Beckford's ideas, and the excellence of his prose.

William Beckford

William Beckford
Author: Perry Gauci
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2013-05-21
Genre: History
ISBN: 0300166753

Chronicles the life of an 18th century Lord Mayor of London, who was born and raised in the British colony of Jamaica, while also offering a riveting look at how the expanding British empire challenged existing political, social, and cultural norms.