He is remembered as the author of the Gothic novel Vathek (), the builder of the remarkable lost Fonthill Abbey and Lansdown Tower ("Beckford's Tower"), Bath, and especially for his art collection. William Thomas Beckford was an English novelist, a profligate and consummately knowledgeable art collector and patron of works of decorative art, a critic, travel writer and sometime politician, reputed at /5. He is remembered as the author of the Gothic novel Vathek (), the builder of the remarkable lost Fonthill Abbey and Lansdown Tower ("Beckford's Tower"), Bath, and especially for his art collection. William Thomas Beckford was an English novelist, a profligate and consummately knowledgeable art collector and patron of works of decorative art, a critic, travel writer and sometime politician, reputed at /5. VATHEK AND OTHER STORIES WILLIAM BECKFORD was born in , the son of the famous Lord Mayor of London and the granddaughter of the Earl of Abercorn. Brought up at his father’s country seat at.
This collection of writings features the complete text of Beckford's best-known book, www.doorway.rurd'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. Buy Online! A story with elaborate imagery, sardonic humour and an unforgettable gallery of grotesques - which describes a journey to the halls of Eblis, or Hell, in the pursuit of knowledge. It exhibits the author's exuberant day-dreaming imagination as well as the deeply emotional, aesthetic themes and detailed physical descriptions of his writing. Vathek and other stories by William Beckford, Malcolm Jack, , Pickering edition, in English.
VATHEK AND OTHER STORIES WILLIAM BECKFORD was born in , the son of the famous Lord Mayor of London and the granddaughter of the Earl of Abercorn. Brought up at his father’s country seat at. The Episodes of Vathek The Stories of Prince Alasi, Prince Barkiarokh and Princess Zulkais Dedalus European Classics by Beckford, William and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at www.doorway.ru Vathek (alternatively titled Vathek, an Arabian Tale or The History of the Caliph Vathek) is a Gothic novel written by William Thomas Beckford. It was composed in French beginning in , and then translated into English by Reverend Samuel Henley in which form it was first published in without Beckford's name as An Arabian Tale, From an.
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