LIBROS DEL AUTOR: william jr beckford

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  • He Leadeth Me
    William Jr. Beckford / William JrBeckford
    In this gripping and yet captivating account of a compelling true life story, William Beckford enthralls his audience with a story that will live with you - forever. He will transport you into his life and travel with him from his innocent childhood, the discovery of his nonexistent relationship with his siblings, through his depression and attempted suicide. The emotional abus...
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    21,10 €

  • The History of the Caliph Vathek
    William Jr. Beckford / William JrBeckford
    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 Ebl...
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    11,67 €

  • The History of Caliph Vathek
    William Jr. Beckford
    Vathek is a Gothic novel written by William Thomas Beckford chronicles the fall from power of the Caliph Vathek 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 wh...
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    10,59 €

  • The Nymph of the Fountain (Fantasy and Horror Classics)
    William Beckford / William Jr. Beckford / William JrBeckford
    This short story tells a delicate yet tragic tale set in a secluded, picturesque natural landscape, a hallmark of Romantic literature.The plot focuses on a melancholy and sensitive young man who is haunted by the beautiful, ethereal spirit residing in a local fountain. This nymph represents an ideal of beauty and purity that consumes the protagonist’s mind and soul.However, as ...
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    18,32 €

  • Vathek (Fantasy and Horror Classics)
    William Beckford / William Jr. Beckford / William JrBeckford
    A classic tale of a man who sells his soul for power, but in this case, the eventual damnation is not hellfire, but a terrible, eternal despair.A dark fairy tale that combines the opulent romance of the Arabian Nights with the moral horror of the nascent Gothic movement.This short story follows the story of Caliph Vathek, the ninth ruler of the Abassides, a famously ambitious a...
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    19,13 €

  • The History of the Caliph Vathek
    William Jr. Beckford
    William Thomas Beckford (1760-1844) was an English novelist, an art collector and patron, a critic, travel writer and sometime politician. He is remembered as the author of the Gothic novel Vathek. 3 ...
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    25,29 €

  • Dreams, Waking Thoughts, and Incidents
    William Jr. Beckford / William JrBeckford
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    26,41 €

  • Remarks Upon The Situation Of Negroes In Jamaica
    William Beckford Jr.
    Remarks Upon The Situation Of Negroes In Jamaica: Impartially Made From A Local Experience Of Nearly Thirteen Years In That Island is a book written by William Beckford Jr. in 1788. The book is a detailed account of the author’s experiences in Jamaica, where he lived for almost thirteen years. Beckford Jr. provides an impartial and objective analysis of the living conditions an...
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    24,81 €