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William Beckford

Born

in London, England, The United Kingdom

October 01, 1760

Died

May 02, 1844

Genre

Fiction

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William Thomas Beckford was an English novelist, a profligate and consummately knowledgeable art collector and patron of works of decorative art, a critic, travel writer and sometime politician, reputed at one stage in his life to be the richest commoner in England. 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. ...more

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Average rating: 3.34 · 9,227 ratings · 916 reviews · 297 distinct works • Similar authors

	Vathek 3.24 avg rating — 7,311 ratings — published 1786 — 544 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Vathek y sus episodios by William Beckford, Stéphane Mallarmé (Prefacio), Mauro Armiño (Traducción) 3.28 avg rating — 123 ratings — published 1786 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Vathek and Other Stories by William Beckford, Malcolm Jack (Introduction) 3.28 avg rating — 90 ratings — published 1993 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Episodes of Vathek 3.72 avg rating — 61 ratings — published 1912 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I grandi romanzi dell'orrore: Wathek di Beckford - Il Dr. Jekyll e Mr. Hyde di Stevenson - Dracula di Bram Stoker - La casa sull'abisso di Hodgson - Il Golem di Meryink - Stirpe di Lupo di Munn - Le montagne della follia di Lovercraft by William Beckford, Robert Louis Stevenson, Bram Stoker 4.20 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 1996 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Memorias biográficas de pintores extraordinarios 3.88 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 1780 — 64 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dreams, Waking Thoughts and Incidents 3.32 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 1783	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I capolavori della letteratura horror by William Beckford, Robert Louis Stevenson, Bram Stoker 3.60 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Azemia (Valancourt Classics) (Feminist Controversy in England, 1788-1810) by William Beckford, Robert J Gemmett (Editor) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1974 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Orientalism (A Selection Of Classic Orientalist Paintings And Writings) 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“It is a great evil to look upon mankind with too clear vision. You seem to be living among wild beasts, and you become a wild beast yourself. ("“The Story of Prince Alasi and the Princess Firouzkah”)”
― William Beckford, The Episodes of Vathek

tags: base, beast, beastial, carnal, clarity, honesty, mankind

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“If she knew me as I really am she would despise me, and certainly not aid or abet my evil designs. To veil their vices from the sight of the good is the only resource of those who are not blind and know themselves to be vicious.' Thus was I confirmed in habits of hypocrisy; and these, for a time, worked only too effectually to my advantage.”
― William Beckford, The Episodes of Vathek

tags: despise, disguise, dissimulate, evil, good, honesty, hypocrisy, vice, vicious

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“It is time, therefore, that you should apply for aid to such helpful Spirits. But will you have the strength of mind, the courage to endure the approach of Beings so different from mankind? I know that their coming produces certain inevitable effects, as internal tremors, the revulsion of the blood from its ordinary course; but I also know that these terrors, these revulsions, painful as they undoubtedly are, must appear as nothing compared with the mortal pain of separation from an object loved greatly and exclusively.”
― William Beckford, The Episodes of Vathek

tags: jinn, occult, revulsion, spirits, terror

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Shirley by Charlotte Brontë 1849, 624 pages

98 votes, 35.3%

Eugene Onegin by Alexander Pushkin 1832, 240 pages

80 votes, 28.8%

In a Glass Darkly by J. Sheridan Le Fanu 1872, 384 pages

40 votes, 14.4%

Germinal by Émile Zola 1885, 592 pages

31 votes, 11.2%

Vathek by William Beckford 1786, 170 pages

29 votes, 10.4%

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