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Vathek (Oxford World's Classics) (Reprint Edition) by William Beckford, Richard Lonsdale (Editor), Roger Lonsdale (Editor) Paperback, 170 Pages, Published 2009 ISBN-10: 0-19-953722-4 / 0199537224 ISBN-13: 978-0-19-953722-8 / 9780199537228 Vathek (1786), originally written in French, remains one of the strangest eighteenth-century novels and one of the most difficult to classify. Perverse and grotesque comedy alternates with scenes of 'oriental' magnificence and evocative beauty in the story of the ruthless Caliph Vathek's journey to |