Shorter Novels ...: Eighteenth century: The history of Rasselas, prince of Abyssinia, by Samuel Johnson. The castle of Otranto, by Horace Walpole. Vathek, by William BeckfordJ.M. Dent & Sons, Limited, 1929 - English fiction |
Contents
THE HISTORY Of Rasselas PriINCE OF ABYSSINIA | 42 |
THE CASTLE OF Otranto a GOTHIC STORY By Horace | 97 |
VATHEK AN ARABIAN TALE By William Beckford | 193 |
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