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The History of the Caliph Vathek
Full title: | The History of the Caliph Vathek |
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ISBN: | 9781617206283 |
ISBN 10: | 1617206288 |
Authors: | Beckford, William Jr. |
Publisher: | SMK Books |
Num. pages: | 86 |
Binding: | Paperback |
Language: | en |
Published on: | 2012 |
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Synopsis
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, instead of attaining these powers, Vathek descends into a hell ruled by the demon Eblis where he is doomed to wander endlessly and speechlessly.