Vathek
Author: William Beckford
“Woe to the rash mortal who seeks to know that of which he should remain ignorant; and to undertake that which surpasseth his power!”,One of the strangest and most unforgettable eighteenth-century novels, Vathek is a wild Gothic fantasy whose sensuous imagination and grotesque comedy have inspired writers from Byron to Lovecraft. The Caliph Vathek is dissolute and debauche….Read More
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