Author

William Beckford

William Beckford (1760–1844) is represented here by 2 public-domain titles, including Italy; with sketches of Spain and Portugal and The History of Caliph Vathek. This page is a shelf list: the books are read on Open Library, not stored here.

The History of Caliph Vathek

by William Beckford

Science fiction · Gothic · Fantasy

The History of Caliph Vathek was composed in French beginning, 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by Reverend Samuel Henley in which form it was first published in without Beckford's name as An Arabian Tale, From an Unpublished Manuscript, claiming to be translated directly from Arabic.