Vathek / edited with an introduction by Roger Lonsdale.
The novel chronicles the fall from power of the Caliph Vathek (a fictionalized version of the historical Al-Wathiq), who renounces Islam and engages with his mother, Carathis, in a series of licentious and deplorable activities designed to gain him supernatural powers. At the end of the novel, inste...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English French |
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London :
Oxford U.P.,
1970.
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| Series: | Oxford English novels.
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| Subjects: |
Main Collection
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PR4091"^"PR4091 .V3 1970 |
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| Status: | Available Request this item |