Al Raoui ist eine Geschichte aus Tausendundeine Nacht. Sie entstammt ursprunglich der Sammlung von Hauptmann Jonathan Scott (1754-1829). Der britische Offizier in Ostindien sammelte mit grosser Leidenschaft orientalische Geschichten. Seine Version von Tausendundeine Nacht erschien 1811 unter dem Titel The Arabian Nights Entertainments in London. Die vorliegende Fassung von Al Raoui entspricht unverandert der Erstveroff entlichung 1799 von William Beckford in deutscher und englischer Sprache. In der 689.-691. Nacht aus Tausendundeine Nacht wird von den unglucklichen Liebhabern vom Stamm der...
Al Raoui ist eine Geschichte aus Tausendundeine Nacht. Sie entstammt ursprunglich der Sammlung von Hauptmann Jonathan Scott (1754-1829). Der britische...
Many of the earliest and most interesting vampire stories, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Many of the earliest and most interesting vampire stories, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increa...
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 where he is doomed to wander endlessly and speechlessly.
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 h...
William Beckford, born in 1759, the year before the accession of King George the Third, was the son of an Alderman who became twice Lord Mayor of London. His family, originally of Gloucestershire, had thriven by the plantations in Jamaica; and his father, sent to school in England, and forming a school friendship at Westminster with Lord Mansfield, began the world in this country as a merchant, with inheritance of an enormous West India fortune.
William Beckford, born in 1759, the year before the accession of King George the Third, was the son of an Alderman who became twice Lord Mayor of Lond...
This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them.
This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable p...
