Vethek by William Beckford
An Arabian Tale
A lavish Gothic tale set in an exoticized East, it follows a proud, pleasure-seeking caliph whose thirst for power and forbidden knowledge leads him to consort with demonic forces and embark on a nightmarish quest through enchanted palaces and infernal realms; sumptuous sensory detail and bizarre wonders frame a moralizing descent from opulence and hubris to dread, isolation, and ultimate ruin.
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- 1786
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