{"product_id":"2940014741255","title":"The History of the Caliph Vathek","description":"Vathek (alternatively titled Vathek, an Arabian Tale or The History of the Caliph Vathek) is a Gothic novel written by William Beckford. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVathek capitalised on the 18th (and early 19th) century obsession with all things Oriental (see Orientalism), which was inspired by Antoine Galland's translation of The Arabian Nights (itself re-translated, into English, in 1708). Beckford was also influenced by similar works from the French writer Voltaire. His originality lay in combining the popular Oriental elements with the Gothic stylings of Horace Walpole's The Castle of Otranto (1764). The result stands alongside Walpole's novel and Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1818) in the first rank of early Gothic fiction.","brand":"Philtre Libre","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47146158358768,"sku":"2940014741255","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940014741255_p0.jpg?v=1763615063","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940014741255","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}