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Vathek, Gothic novel by William Beckford, published in 1786. Considered a masterpiece of bizarre invention and sustained fantasy, Vathek was written in French in 1782 and was translated into English by the author’s friend the Rev. Samuel Henley, who published it anonymously, claiming in the preface
13 de jun. de 2013 · William Beckford. OUP Oxford, Jun 13, 2013 - Fiction - 192 pages. 'Woe to the rash mortal who seeks to know that of which he should remain ignorant; and to undertake that which surpasseth his power!'. The Caliph Vathek is dissolute and debauched, and hungry for knowledge. When the mysterious Giaour offers him boundless treasure and unrivalled ...
His parents were William Beckford and Maria Hamilton, daughter of the Hon. George Hamilton. He was Member of Parliament for Wells from 1784 to 1790, for Hindon from 1790 to 1795 and 1806 to 1820. He is remembered as the author of the Gothic novel Vathek (1786), the builder of the remarkable lost Fonthill Abbey and Lansdown Tower ("Beckford's Tower"), Bath, and especially for his art collection.
William Beckford (baptized December 19, 1709, Jamaica, British West Indies—died June 21, 1770, London, England) was a gentleman merchant, member of Parliament, and lord mayor of London (1762–63, 1769–70) who was particularly noted as a pioneer of the radical movement. Beckford was reared in Jamaica, first arriving in England (to complete ...
William Beckford in un disegno di sir Joshua Reynolds. William Thomas Beckford ( Fonthill, 1º ottobre 1760 – Bath, 2 maggio 1844) è stato uno scrittore, critico d'arte, politico e viaggiatore britannico . «Temo che non sarò mai buono a nulla in questo mondo, se non per comporre arie, erigere torri, progettare giardini, far collezione di ...
8 de jun. de 2022 · The tower tells the story of the epic builder and collector William Beckford—the only museum to do so—and his young John Soane-influenced architect H.E. Goodridge. Beckford had almost exhausted a stupendous fortune when in 1823 he sold his most ambitious creation, Fonthill Abbey in Wiltshire, designed by James Wyatt: two years later, its 300ft tower collapsed for the third and final time.
