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	Vathek
		In essence Vathek is a study of transgression.
		Just before they reach ‘hell’ Vathek is given one last chance by Mahomet to repent, but ‘fired with the ambition of prescribing laws to the powers of darkness.’ (Beckford 1968: 242) he refuses.
		Instead of a conventional moral/romance narrative with conventional characters governed by In essence Vathek is a study of transgression.
	www.fictionarts.com /vathek (1024 words)

	§4. "Vathek". XIII. The Growth of the Later Novel. Vol. 11. The Period of the French Revolution. The Cambridge ...
		Anybody who could write it at all, and had thought the lines of it out beforehand, could write three or four pages of it in an hour, have from thirty to forty left for food, sleep and the resting of his wrist—the strength of which latter would be the chief part of the wonder.
		They are at last introduced, by a subordinate fiend, to the famous hall of Eblis, where, after a short interval, they meet with their due reward—the eternal torture of a burning heart—as they wander amid riches, splendours, opportunities of knowledge and all the other treacherous and bootless gifts of hell.
		After the malodorous and murderous sacrifice to Eblis, when Vathek and his mother carouse, the French has the very ordinary phrase that Carathis faisait raison à the various toasts of her son.
	www.bartleby.com /221/1304.html (1336 words)

	Chapter Part 1 of Vathek an Arabian Tale by William Beckford
		Vathek, ninth caliph of the race of the Abassides, was the son of Motassem, and the grandson of Haroun al Raschid.
		In a word, Vathek omitted nothing in this palace that might gratify the curiosity of those who resorted to it, although he was not able to satisfy his own; for, of all men, he was the most curious.
		Notwithstanding the sensuality in which Vathek indulged, he experienced no abatement in the love of his people, who thought that a sovereign giving himself up to pleasure was as able to govern as one who declared himself an enemy to it.
	www.bibliomania.com /0/0/290/1989/26414/1.html (729 words)

	The History of Caliph Vathek - Introduction (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Vathek piqued himself on being the greatest eater alive; but when the Indian dined with him, though the tables were thirty times covered, there was still want of more food for the voracious guest.
		Young Beckford, the author of "Vathek," was then a boy not quite eleven years old, an only son; and he was left three years afterwards, by his father's death, heir to an income of a hundred thousand a year, with a million of cash in hand.
		The happy thought of this William Beckford's life was "Vathek." It is a story that paints neither man nor outward nature as they are, but reproduces with happy vivacity the luxuriant imagery and wild incidents of an Arabian tale.
	www.worldwideschool.org /library/books/lit/historical/TheHistoryofCaliphVathek/Chap1.html (1004 words)

	Vathek \| Aussie Diary
		Vathek (Beckford 1986) is an unusual, yet intriguing, tale of avarice and lust, as unusual and intriguing, perhaps, as its author, William Beckford.
		Vathek agrees and, under the guise of a festival, gathers the children near a chasm wherein awaits the Giaour.
		But unbeknownst to Vathek, the boys are not consumed by the Giaour, but rather are rescued by “a good old Genius, whose fondness for the company of children had made it his sole occupation to protect them” (Beckford 1986, p.
	www.aussiediary.com /?p=158 (901 words)

	Chapter Part 2 of Vathek an Arabian Tale by William Beckford
		The succeeding night, Vathek, attended by his mother, ascended the tower to see if everything were ready for his journey; for he had great faith in the influence of the stars.
		Vathek, meanwhile, saluted the moon with an idolatrous air, that neither pleased Morakanabad, nor the doctors of the law, any more than the viziers and grandees of his court, who were all assembled to enjoy the last view of their sovereign.
		This proceeded from Carathis, who was singing her direful orisons to the Giaour, whilst the negresses and mutes supplied thorough-bass, without articulating a word.
	www.bibliomania.com /0/0/290/1989/26415/1.html (580 words)

	The Norton Anthology of English Literature: The Romantic Age: Topic 2: Texts and Contexts
		Vathek was written in French — "at a single sitting of three days and two nights," according to the Dictionary of National Biography — and then published in English translation as An Arabian Tale, from an Unpublished Manuscript (1786).
		The gloomy watch-towers, whose numbers could not be counted, were veiled by no roof; and their capitals, of an architecture unknown in the records of the earth, served as an asylum for the birds of darkness, which, alarmed at the approach of such visitants, fled away croaking.
		Vathek and Nouronihar, frozen with terror at a sight so baleful, demanded of the Giaour what these appearances might mean, and why these ambulating spectres never withdrew their hands from their hearts.
	www.wwnorton.com /nael/romantic/topic_2/vathek.htm (2254 words)

	William Beckford as writer and collector. - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Vathek is a study of a spoilt and truculent young man, a virtuoso in ingratitude; to some extent Beckford's self-portrait and manifesto.
		Vathek and Nouronihar and their kind, fatal to others and to themselves, convene in the regrets which their relentless and precipitate egotisms have brought upon them.
		Vathek in Hell, with his right hand on his burning heart, which leaves free only the left hand that Arabs think dishonourable to use, is a symbol for his predicament as he wrote in his condemned and self-consuming obsession with Courtenay.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1G1-85532646.html (3254 words)

	Vathek, an Arabian Tale (1786) - William Beckford (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Vathek (alternatively titled Vathek, an Arabian Tale or The History of the Caliph Vathek) is a Gothic novel written by William Thomas Beckford.
		Vathek capitalised on the 18th century obsession with all things Oriental (see Orientalism), which was inspired by Antoine Galland's translation of The Arabian Nights (itself re-translated, into English, in 1708).
		At the end of the novel, instead of attaining these powers, Vathek descends into a hell ruled by the demon Eblis where he is doomed to wander endlessly and speechlessly.
	www.jahsonic.com /Vathek.html (266 words)

	The Norton Anthology of English Literature: The Romantic Age: Topic 4: Texts and Contexts
		Vathek, ninth Caliph of the race of the Abassides, was the son of Motassem, and the grandson of Haroun al Raschid.
		Vathek discovered also a predilection for theological controversy; but it was not with the orthodox that he usually held.
		The expedition, with which the fabric arose, was not a little flattering to the vanity of Vathek: he fancied that even insensible matter shewed a forwardness to subserve his designs; not considering that the successes of the foolish and wicked form the first rod of their chastisement.
	www2.wwnorton.com /college/english/nael/romantic/topic_4/beckford.htm (1912 words)

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		Vathek is a complex work, but the risk of over-simplification must not prevent the attempt at a brief characterization of it.
		Vathek is a self-indulgent tyrant, who renounces Allah and his Prophet, and is destroyed by his new master, Eblis.
		This Vathek exhibits to an extraordinary degree, and it is the secret of its appeal to those Romantic orientalists who began their career under the sign of the French Revolution, and who thereby declared their independence not only from political tyranny, but also from national self-satisfaction.
	www.alhewar.org /mohammed_sharafuddin_positive_orientalism.htm (3571 words)

	The History of Caliph Vathek Beckford (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Vathek, in gratitude to his subjects, having promised to attend, immediately rose from table and repaired thither, leaning upon his vizir, who could scarcely support him, so disordered was the poor prince by the wine he had drunk, and still more by the extravagant vagaries of his boisterous guest.
		Vathek derided all their remonstrances, and, having ordered a thousand flambeaux to be lighted, and directed his attendants to proceed in lighting more, lay down on the slippery margin, and attempted, by help of this artificial splendour, to look through that gloom which all the fires of the empyrean had been insufficient to pervade.
		Vathek in the midst of this curious harangue, seized the basket, and long before it was finished the fruits had dissolved in his mouth; as he continued to eat his piety increased, and in the same breath which recited his prayers he called for the Koran and sugar.
	www.jollyroger.com /library/TheHistoryofCaliphVathekbyebook.html (13542 words)

	Blue Skies Falling
		Looking back on Vathek, what me might define as a character's "depth" - her complexity as defined by the sophistication of her understanding of her world as modified by a range of goals and priorities - is largely missed in almost all of the major characters.
		Thus, Vathek is defined by his gluttony, and we can see his tastes in his palace, his lust for power, his sexual appetite, and even his "terrible gaze" as all being subjected to his overwhelming desire for good food which usually trumps the rest.
		In the midst of this festive scene there appeared a light on the top of the highest mountain, which attracted the notice of every eye; this light was not less bright than the moon when at full, and might have been taken for her, had it not been that the moon was already risen.
	www.hereisnowhy.com /blog/2006/01/vathek-by-william-beckford-2_17.html (1041 words)

	Beckfordbio
		Vathek piqued himself on being the greatest eater alive; but when the Indian dined with him, though the tables were thirty times covered, there was still want of more food for the voracious guest.
		Young Beckford, the author of "Vathek," was then a boy not quite eleven years old, an only son; and he was left three years afterwards, by his fatherís death, heir to an income of a hundred thousand a year, with a million of cash in hand.
		The happy thought of this William Beckfordís life was "Vathek." It is a story that paints neither man nor outward nature as they are, but reproduces with happy vivacity the luxuriant imagery and wild incidents of an Arabian tale.
	web.utk.edu /~misty/Beckford.html (992 words)

	DNK Amazon Store :: Vathek (Oxford World's Classics)
		Vathek, his wives and senior advisers, can no longer be carried the rest of the way, because of lack of personnel, but actually have to walk to Rocnabad.
		Vathek is the quintessential Oriental despot--a young, jaded Caliph, "addicted to women" who rules his kingdom with vanity and brooks no argument.
		Together with his sorceress mother, Carathis, Vathek falls under the sway of the evil Giaour who promises Vathek the great treasures of the pre-Adamite sultans in the ruins of Istakar--including the "talismans that control the world." But Giaour first demands the blood of fifty children, and Vathek delivers the children to their doom.
	www.entertainmentcareers.net /book/ProductDetails.aspx?asin=0192836560 (1493 words)

	LORD VATHEK'S HUNT
		Vathek set his collision detector to maximum circumference then dropped into the cloud, trusting that the detector would warn him if anything else came too close.
		Vathek heardt the driver's scream as he whizzed by, then pulled himself into a long loop, barreling over for his second pass.
		Vathek tugged and lifted and, in a moment, the two of them were airborne.
	kuoi.asui.uidaho.edu /~kamikaze/WasteWorld/www.manticor.com/ikfic.htm (1901 words)

	Vathek - Wikipédia
		Vathek, conte arabe est un roman gothique écrit en langue française par l’écrivain anglais William Beckford en 1782.
		Vathek a été publié dans sa langue originelle en 1787 après avoir paru l’année précédente en Angleterre dans une traduction anglaise de Samuel Henley.
		(en) Kenneth W. Graham, « Vathek in English and French », Studies in Bibliography: Papers of the Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia, 1975, 28, p.
	fr.wikipedia.org /wiki/Vathek (1892 words)

	Vathek, Arabian Nights and Islam
		Vathek also lives in extremely excessive luxury; when he inherits the palace he adds "five wings, or rather other palaces, which he destined for the gratification of each of the senses".
		Vathek is also obsessed with gaining knowledge, and this is the main theme of the story.
		Vathek does all he can for the inscriptions to be deciphered, but doesn't succeed.
	victorian.fortunecity.com /coldwater/439/oriental.htm (3966 words)

	AbeBooks: Search Results - Beckford and Vathek
		Witches, demons, human sacrifices and other spectral horror all mark the progress of Vathek as he journeys to the underworld on his pilgrimage to the underworld, where his sins and damnations flower into eternal torture.
		Vathek features an illuminating introduction by Jeremy Reed discussing both the text and the eccentric life of William Beckford, a youthful millionaire who spent his fortunes on building the ultimate Gothic folly, where he indulged in such homosexual vices that he was finally exiled from England.
		It is the story of Caliph Vathek, whose eye can kill at a glance, who makes a pact with the Devil, Eblis.
	www.abebooks.co.uk /search/sortby/3/an/Beckford+/tn/+Vathek (1078 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Vathek (Oxford World's Classics): Books: William Beckford (Site not responding. Last check: )
		by William Beckford (Author) "VATHEK, ninth Caliph of the race of the Abassides, was the son of Motassem, and the grandson of Haroun al Raschid..." (more)
		William Beckford's Vathek is a touchstone of eighteenth-century Orientalism and of the Gothic novel.
		VATHEK, ninth Caliph of the race of the Abassides, was the son of Motassem, and the grandson of Haroun al Raschid. Read the first page
	www.amazon.co.uk /Vathek-Oxford-Classics-William-Beckford/dp/0192836560 (893 words)

	Amazon.com: Vathek: Books: William Beckford (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Vathek, his wives and senior advisers, can no longer be carried the rest of the way, because of lack of personnel, but actually have to walk to Rocnabad.
		Vathek is the quintessential Oriental despot--a young, jaded Caliph, "addicted to women" who rules his kingdom with vanity and brooks no argument.
		Together with his sorceress mother, Carathis, Vathek falls under the sway of the evil Giaour who promises Vathek the great treasures of the pre-Adamite sultans in the ruins of Istakar--including the "talismans that control the world." But Giaour first demands the blood of fifty children, and Vathek delivers the children to their doom.
	www.amazon.com /Vathek-William-Beckford/dp/0345022793 (2818 words)

	William Beckford - Vathek: An Arabian Tale (1786)
		Vathek's mother immediately mounted her great camel, Alboufaki, and, attended only by her one-eyed slaves, the hideous Nerkes and the relentless Cafour, she departed, telling the Vizier to fleece the people well in her absence, for she would need large sums.
		Even Vathek and his partner felt remorse for their misdeeds, and all approached the shepherd, who reproved Vathek in the severest terms and warned him that this was his last hour of grace, at the same time exhorting him to repent and make amends.
		Vathek was about to obey, when Soliman addressed him and recited the glories, pleasures, and crimes of his career and his present torments.
	www.oldandsold.com /articles22/authors-digest-14.shtml (3917 words)

	Vathek (Oxford World's Classics) : Tomísimo
		It is the stranger, called a giaour, who promises Vathek all the powers of heaven in exchange for the blood of fifty young boys.
		Vathek provides the boys, through the guise of a sporting competition, then the giaour reneges on its part of the deal.
		Vathek is a caliph who is loved but also feared by his people.
	www.tomisimo.org /books/isbn0192836560.html (1338 words)

	VATHEK
		The Castle of Otranto, Vathek, the Vampyre, and a Fragment of a Novel: Three Gothic Novels (reference)
		"VATHEK" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time.
		"VATHEK" is used about 4 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English.
	www.websters-online-dictionary.com /definition/english/Va/Vathek.html (337 words)

	Death and Damnation (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Vathek took upon him to decide; and, with this view, commanded the boys to be brought.
		Vathek, who was still standing on the edge of the chasm, called out, with all his might:--"Let my fifty little favourites approach me, separately; and let them come in the order of their success.
		Vathek beheld in the eyes of Nouronihar nothing but rage and vengeance; nor could she discern aught in his, but aversion and despair.
	www.engl.virginia.edu /enec981/Group/liz.death.html (1554 words)

	Kubla Khan Sources--Vathek
		He commanded his tents to be pitched there, and stationed himself on the very edge of the precipice, in spite of the representations of Carathis and Morakanabad, who pointed out the hazard of its brink giving way, and the vicinity to the magician that had so severely tormented him.
		Vathek derided all their remonstrances, and, having ordered a thousand flambeaux to be lighted, and directed his attendants to proceed in lighting more, lay down on the slippery margin, and attempted, by help of this artificial splendour, to look through that gloom which all the fires of the empyrean had been insufficient to pervade.
		One while he fancied to himself voices arising from the depth of the gulf; at another he seemed to distinguish the accents of the Indian, but all was no more than the hollow murmur of waters, and the din of the cataracts that rushed from steep to steep down the sides of the mountain.
	www.webwritingthatworks.com /DXanSOURCE16Vathek.htm (759 words)

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