| Dreams, Waking Thoughts, and Incidents; In a Series of Letters from Various Parts of Europe (Dodo Press) Contributor(s): Beckford, William (Author) |
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ISBN: 1406537101 ISBN-13: 9781406537109 Publisher: Dodo Press OUR PRICE: $15.29 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2007 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: Having studied under Sir William Chambers and Alexander Cozens, the author, William Thomas Beckford travelled to Italy in 1782 and promptly wrote a book on the subject: Dreams, Waking Thoughts, and Incidents; in a Series of Letters from Various Parts of Europe (1783). Shortly afterwards came his best-known work, the Gothic novel The History of the Caliph Vathek (1786), written originally in French and, as he was accustomed to boast, at a single sitting of three days and two nights. There is reason, however, to believe that this was a flight of imagination. It is an impressive work, full of fantastic and magnificent conceptions, rising occasionally to sublimity. He was an English novelist, art critic, travel writer and politician. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Fiction |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.47" H x 6" W x 9" (0.67 lbs) 204 pages |