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Azemiaby William BeckfordISBN 0824008502 (0-8240-0850-2)
Hardcover, Garland Pub
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Biographical Memoirs of Extraordinary Paintersby William BeckfordISBN 0548163510 (0-548-16351-0)
Hardcover, Kessinger Publishing, LLC
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Biographical Memoirs of Extraordinary Painters, 1780by William Beckford , Philip WardISBN 0900891130 (0-900891-13-0)
Hardcover, Oleander Press
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The Castle of Otranto, Vathek, the Vampyre, and a Fragment of a Novelby Horace Walpole, William Beckford , John Polidori, George Gordon Byron Byron, Everett Franklin BleilerISBN 0486212327 (0-486-21232-7)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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The Castle of Otranto/Vathek/the Monk/Frankenstein/4 Novels in 1 Volumeby Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Horace Walpole, William Beckford , Matthew LewisISBN 0192823310 (0-19-282331-0)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Castle of Otranto/Vathek/the Monk/Frankenstein/4 Novels in 1 Volume'Book summary:Macabre and melodramatic, set in haunted castles or fantastic landscapes, Gothic tales became fashionable in the late eighteenth century with the publication of Horace Walpole's The Castle of Otranto (1764). Crammed with catastrophe, terror, and ghostly interventions, the novel was an immediate success, and influenced numberous followers. These include William Beckford's Vathek (1786), which alternates grotesque comedy with scenes of exotic magnificence in the story of the ruthless Caliph Vathek's journey to damnation. The Monk (1796), by Matthew Lewis, is a violent tale of ambition, murder, and incest, set in the sinister monastery of the Capuchins in Madrid. Frankenstein (1818, 1831) is Mary Shelley's disturbing and perennially popular tale of a young student who learns the secret of giving life to a creature made from human relics, with horrific consequences.
This collection illustrates the range and attraction of the gothic novel. Extreme and sensational, each of the four printed here is alos a powerful psychological story of isolation and monomania. [via]More editions of The Castle of Otranto/Vathek/the Monk/Frankenstein/4 Novels in 1 Volume:
The Consummate Collector: William Beckford's Letters to His Booksellerby William Beckford , Robert J. GemmettISBN 0859552527 (0-85955-252-7)
Hardcover, Michael Russell
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Dreams Waking Thoughts and Incidents by William Beckford of Fonthillby William BeckfordISBN 0838676480 (0-8386-7648-0)
Hardcover, Associated Univ Pr
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Modern Novel Writingby William BeckfordISBN 0824008510 (0-8240-0851-0)
Hardcover, Taylor & Francis
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Modern Novel Writing (1769) and Azemia (1797)by William BeckfordISBN 0820110639 (0-8201-1063-9)
Hardcover, Scholars Facsimilies & Reprint
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Recollections of an Excursion to the Monasteries of Alcobaca and Batalha: With His Original Journal of 1794;by William BeckfordISBN 0900000783 (0-900000-78-3)
Hardcover, Centaur Press
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Recollections of an Excursion to the Monasteries of Alcoboca & Batalhaby William BeckfordISBN 0841411875 (0-8414-1187-5)
Hardcover, Folcroft Library Editions
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Three Eighteenth Century Romancesby Horace Walpole, William Beckford , Ann Ward Radcliffe, Harrison Ross SteevesISBN 0684124793 (0-684-12479-3)
Hardcover, Scribner
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Three Gothic Novelsby Horace Walpole, William Beckford , Ann Ward Radcliffe, Harrison Ross SteevesISBN 0140430369 (0-14-043036-9)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Three Oriental Tales: Complete Texts With Introduction, Historical Contexts, Critical Essaysby William Beckford , George Gordon Byron Byron, Frances Chamberlaine Sheridan, Alan RichardsonISBN 0618107312 (0-618-10731-2)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin College Div
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Vathekby William BeckfordISBN 1404307060 (1-4043-0706-0)
Hardcover, IndyPublish.com
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The History of Caliph Vathek'Book summary:An enthralling work of Gothic fiction, modelled on the Arabian Nights, William Beckford's "Vathek and Other Stories" is edited with an introduction by Malcolm Jack in "Penguin Classics". William Beckford was a novelist, travel writer, art critic and politician best known for his novel "Vathek" - 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. This volume is arranged in three sections: "Oriental Tales", comprising "Vathek" and "The Long Story" (also known as "The Vision"); "Satires", which includes "Biographical Memoirs of Extraordinary Painters", an ironical expose of English art-collecting, and an essay on the exercises of the sentimental novel; and "Travel Diaries", containing extracts from Beckford's intimate and entertaining travel journals. Together this collection of writing exhibits the author's exuberant day-dreaming imagination as well as the deeply emotional, aesthetic themes and detailed physical descriptions of his writing. In his introduction Malcolm Jack explores Beckford's 'journeying spirit', assesses his reputation as a stylist and innovator and discusses his life and work. This edition also includes a bibliography, an index and a chronology of Beckford's life. William Beckford (1760-1844) inherited an immense fortune on his tenth birthday, and spent the next fifty years wasting it with reckless abandon. At the age of nineteen, he was forced to flee the country after his passionate affair with the Earl of Devon was exposed by a scandalised relative. He was a Member of Parliament and a traveller who spent large sums of money collecting rare books, curiosities and paintings for the embellishment of his Gothic folly, Fonthill Abbey, where he lived in opulent seclusion until bankruptcy finally forced him to sell it, in 1822. If you enjoyed "Vathek", you might also like H.P. Lovecraft's "The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories", available in "Penguin Modern Classics". [via]
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- Vathek: ISBN 0192836560 (0-19-283656-0)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr - The Episodes of Vathek: ISBN 0781804132 (0-7818-0413-2)
Softcover, Hippocrene Books, Incorporated - Vathek: ISBN 0820111023 (0-8201-1102-3)
Hardcover, Scholars Facsimilies & Reprint - William Beckford : Vathek and Other Stories: ISBN 0140435301 (0-14-043530-1)
Softcover, Penguin Group (Canada) - "Vathek" and Other Stories: A William Beckford Reader: ISBN 0140439617 (0-14-043961-7)
Softcover, Penguin Books, Limited - Vathek: ISBN 0192816454 (0-19-281645-4)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr - Vathek: ISBN 0192553372 (0-19-255337-2)
Hardcover, Oxford U.P. - The Episodes of Vathek: ISBN 0838611281 (0-8386-1128-1)
Hardcover, Associated Univ Pr - Vathek: ISBN 085417611X (0-85417-611-X)
Hardcover, Scolar Press - The History of Caliph Vathek: ISBN 1404307060 (1-4043-0706-0)
Hardcover, IndyPublish.com
- Vathek: ISBN 0192836560 (0-19-283656-0)
Vathek, an Arabian Tale, 1786by William Beckford , Samuel HenleyISBN 0854176128 (0-85417-612-8)
Hardcover, Ashgate Publishing, Limited
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The Visionby William Beckford , Darrell SchweitzerISBN 0809587777 (0-8095-8777-7)
Hardcover, Wildside Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Vision'Book summary:"Beckford, well read in Eastern romance, caught the atmosphere with unusual receptivity." -- H.P. Lovecraft . . . THE VISION is a most unusual book by a most unusual young man. William Beckford (1760-1844) was about seventeen when he wrote this strange, surreal tale of mystic revelation. He may have written it to impress a tutor, the St. Petersburg born Alexander Cozens, who encouraged Beckford's delvings into the weird and fantastic. Five years later, Beckford was to pen his Oriental romance VATHEK, which has made his name immortal. From his earliest years he had shown himself to be an amazing prodigy, writing and speaking French at age three, learning Latin and Greek by the time he was seven. He was also the richest commoner in Britain, who, in the course of his tour of the Continent to complete his education (the tour during which THE VISION was written) moved in such state that he was mistaken for the Holy Roman emperor traveling incognito. He became, ultimately, one of the most spectacular and eccentric aesthetes of all time, and a great connoisseur of all that is rare and beautiful. [via]
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William Beckford of Fonthill, 1760-1844;: Bicentenary Essaysby William Beckford , Fatma Moussa MahmoudISBN 0804616345 (0-8046-1634-5)
Hardcover, Kennikat Press
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