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Vathek by William Beckford (Oxford world's classics)
Vathek is one of the earliest and most influential Gothic novels. Its hero is the Caliph Vathek who renounces Islam …
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Vathek is one of the earliest and most influential Gothic novels. Its hero is the Caliph Vathek who renounces Islam …

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