BDeBooks
Vathek by William Beckford, book cover
Gothic Horror PDF EPUB

Vathek

by William Beckford

Downloads
Under 100
First published
1786
Pages
114
Download

About this book

Beckford's lurid Arabian tale follows the Caliph Vathek, a ruler of monstrous appetites who trades everything sacred for a promise of forbidden power. Lured by a hideous stranger toward the subterranean halls of Eblis, he commits one atrocity after another in pursuit of hidden treasure and secret knowledge, dragging the beautiful Nouronihar down with him. Written in French when Beckford was barely into his twenties and first published in English in 1786, the book fuses Gothic dread with the exotic machinery of the Arabian Nights, and it closes on one of the bleakest visions of damnation in early fiction. Byron admired it, and its influence runs through a century of dark Romantic writing.

Contents

About the author

William Beckford - BDeBooks
William Beckford

William Beckford (1760-1844) was an English novelist, critic, and famously wealthy eccentric who built the extravagant Gothic pile of Fonthill Abbey. A collector, traveller, and dilettante, he is remembered chiefly for Vathek, the oriental Gothic tale he wrote in his early twenties.

More by William Beckford

See all 3 books

More from this genre

See all

Reviews and discussion

No ratings yet. Be the first reader to rate this book.

Rate this book

Pick a star, then sign in. Only readers who confirmed their email can rate.

No comments yet. Share a thought, a question or a favourite passage.

Copyright concern? Read our DMCA policy

Read or download

Public domain book This work is in the public domain and free of copyright. Anyone may read, download and share it.

No download needed. Text reader: adjustable size, font and theme.
  • EPUB 106 KB Best for iPhone, Android, Kobo and tablets
  • KINDLE Send to Kindle Kindle devices and the Kindle app. Uses the same EPUB file. Send
    1. Download the EPUB file to this device.
    2. Open Amazon's Send to Kindle page, sign in, and add the file. Open Send to Kindle (opens in a new tab)

    On a phone: open the downloaded EPUB and share it to the Kindle app.

    You can also email the file to your Kindle address (it ends in @kindle.com) from an email address you approved in your Amazon account.

  • PDF 449 KB Best for computers, laptops and printing

Downloads start right away. How to open EPUB on your phone

Book facts

First published
1786
Reading time
About 3 hours
Pages
114
Language
English
Formats
PDF, EPUB, Read online