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William Beckford, Jr.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing’s Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because…
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August 4th.–The heats were so excessive in the night, that I thought myself several times on the point of suffocation, tossed about like a wounded fish, and dreamt of the…
My crimes are even greater that those of the Calif Vathek. No rash and impious counsels hastened my ruin, as they have hastened his. If I am here, in this…
The book may have numerous typos or missing text. It is not illustrated or indexed. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the…
Publisher: J. Robson Publication date: 1780 Notes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes. When you buy the General…
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfectionssuch as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part…
William Beckford, Jr.,Ellen Craft
Subjects: English fictionNotes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be numerous typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes.When you buy the General Books edition of this…
Anna Jameson,William Beckford, Jr.
THIS 18 PAGE ARTICLE WAS EXTRACTED FROM THE BOOK: Higher Race Development: A Course of Instructions on the Right Use of Sex, by R. Swinburne Clymer. To purchase the entire…
William Beckford, Jr.,Samuel Johnson
This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR’d book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have…
William Beckford, Jr.,William Jameson
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the…
William Beckford
Reprint of the original, first published in 1859.
Robert Gemmett
An examination of William Beckford’s building, landscaping and collecting that led to the remarkable public interest in Fonthill Abbey.
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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
This work is in the "public…
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Patrick Brydone,William Beckford, Jr.
Cyrus Redding
Henry Venn Lansdown
How great was my astonishment some time after, on visiting Fonthill, at perceiving, suspended from the cul de lamp, the very crimson cord that once supported this precious vessel! The…
William Jr Beckford
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1787 Edition.
Samuel Johnson,William Beckford, Jr.
The Hamilton palace libraries. Catalogue of the Beckford library, removed from Hamilton palace. This book, Catalogue of the Beckford library, by William Beckford, is a replication of a book originally…
Italy, with sketchs of Spain and Portugal, by William Beckford, … - Vathek, an Arabian tale… Date de l'edition originale: 1834
Le present ouvrage s'inscrit dans une politique de conservation…
The Gothic book "The History of Caliph Vathek" was written by William Beckford. The narrative follows the adventures of Caliph Vathek, the ninth caliph of the Abassides, as he succumbs…
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Beckford William
Life at Fonthill
The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the…
A captivating hybrid of Gothic, oriental, and satiric fiction, Vathek documents the fall of Vathek, whose obsessive quest for knowledge, pleasure and power leads to his eventual damnation. An extraordinary…
