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Vathek

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Vathek
journeys to Istakhar where world’s secrets are revealed. [Br. Lit.: Vathek]
See : Curiosity

Vathek
devotes his life to sexual and other sensuous indulgences. [Br. Lit.: Beckford Vathek]
See : Lust

Vathek
condemned to eternal flames for seeking forbidden knowledge. [Br. Lit.: Beckford Vathek]

Vathek
sacrifices children, seduces a betrothed girl, and commits many other crimes to satisfy his desires. [Br. Lit.: Vathek in Magill II, 1095]


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Fancy exile, I found out, since he stayed with the unmarried William Beckford, a British millionaire and author of the justly forgotten Gothic novel Vathek.
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