Author: William Beckford
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Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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William Thomas Beckford (29 September 1760 - 2 May 1844) was an English novelist, art collector, patron of decorative art, critic, travel writer, plantation owner and for some time politician. He was reputed at one stage to be England's richest commoner. The son of William Beckford and Maria Hamilton, daughter of the Hon. George Hamilton, he served as a Member of Parliament for Wells in 1784-1790 and Hindon in 1790-1795 and 1806-1820. Beckford is remembered for a Gothic novel, Vathek (1786); for building the lost Fonthill Abbey in Wiltshire and Lansdown Tower ("Beckford's Tower") in Bath; and for his art collection.
Dreams, Waking Thoughts, and Incidents (Esprios Classics)
Author: William Beckford
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Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
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William Thomas Beckford (29 September 1760 - 2 May 1844) was an English novelist, art collector, patron of decorative art, critic, travel writer, plantation owner and for some time politician. He was reputed at one stage to be England's richest commoner. The son of William Beckford and Maria Hamilton, daughter of the Hon. George Hamilton, he served as a Member of Parliament for Wells in 1784-1790 and Hindon in 1790-1795 and 1806-1820. Beckford is remembered for a Gothic novel, Vathek (1786); for building the lost Fonthill Abbey in Wiltshire and Lansdown Tower ("Beckford's Tower") in Bath; and for his art collection.
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Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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William Thomas Beckford (29 September 1760 - 2 May 1844) was an English novelist, art collector, patron of decorative art, critic, travel writer, plantation owner and for some time politician. He was reputed at one stage to be England's richest commoner. The son of William Beckford and Maria Hamilton, daughter of the Hon. George Hamilton, he served as a Member of Parliament for Wells in 1784-1790 and Hindon in 1790-1795 and 1806-1820. Beckford is remembered for a Gothic novel, Vathek (1786); for building the lost Fonthill Abbey in Wiltshire and Lansdown Tower ("Beckford's Tower") in Bath; and for his art collection.
Dreams, Waking Thoughts, and Incidents
Author: William Backford
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3734090059
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 189
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Reproduction of the original: Dreams, Waking Thoughts, and Incidents by William Backford
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3734090059
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 189
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Reproduction of the original: Dreams, Waking Thoughts, and Incidents by William Backford
Famous Modern Ghost Stories (Esprios Classics)
Author: Dorothy Scarborough
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0359578349
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Languages : en
Pages : 274
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Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0359578349
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 274
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Dreams, Waking Thoughts and Incidents [in, Vathek and Other Stories: Edited with an Introduction by Malcolm Jack] (Penguin Classics).
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Vanitas: Polite Stories (Esprios Classics)
Author: Vernon Lee
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1716005434
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 140
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Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1716005434
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 140
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Dreams, Waking Thoughts, and Incidents
Author: Beckford
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ISBN: 9781986336574
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Languages : en
Pages : 192
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Dreams, Waking Thoughts, and Incidents by William Beckford is a rare manuscript, the original residing in some of the great libraries of the world. This book is a reproduction of that original, typed out and formatted to perfection, allowing new generations to enjoy the work. Publishers of the Valley's mission is to bring long out of print manuscripts back to life.
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ISBN: 9781986336574
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Languages : en
Pages : 192
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Dreams, Waking Thoughts, and Incidents by William Beckford is a rare manuscript, the original residing in some of the great libraries of the world. This book is a reproduction of that original, typed out and formatted to perfection, allowing new generations to enjoy the work. Publishers of the Valley's mission is to bring long out of print manuscripts back to life.
David Copperfield, Volume I (Esprios Classics)
Author: Charles Dickens
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1716017602
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 482
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Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1716017602
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 482
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Room Number 3 and Other Detective Stories (Esprios Classics)
Author: Anna Katharine Green
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0359831400
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Anna Katharine Green (1846-1935) was an American poet and novelist. She was one of the first writers of detective fiction in America and distinguished herself by writing well plotted, legally accurate stories. Born in Brooklyn, New York, her early ambition was to write romantic verse, and she corresponded with Ralph Waldo Emerson. When her poetry failed to gain recognition, she produced her first and best-known novel, The Leavenworth Case (1878). She became a bestselling author, eventually publishing about 40 books. Her other works include A Strange Disappearance (1880), The Affair Next Door (1897), The Circular Study (1902), The Filigree Ball (1903), The Millionaire Baby (1905), The House in the Mist (1905), The Woman in the Alcove (1906), The House of the Whispering Pines (1910), Initials Only (1912) and The Mystery of the Hasty Arrow (1917).
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0359831400
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Anna Katharine Green (1846-1935) was an American poet and novelist. She was one of the first writers of detective fiction in America and distinguished herself by writing well plotted, legally accurate stories. Born in Brooklyn, New York, her early ambition was to write romantic verse, and she corresponded with Ralph Waldo Emerson. When her poetry failed to gain recognition, she produced her first and best-known novel, The Leavenworth Case (1878). She became a bestselling author, eventually publishing about 40 books. Her other works include A Strange Disappearance (1880), The Affair Next Door (1897), The Circular Study (1902), The Filigree Ball (1903), The Millionaire Baby (1905), The House in the Mist (1905), The Woman in the Alcove (1906), The House of the Whispering Pines (1910), Initials Only (1912) and The Mystery of the Hasty Arrow (1917).
Dombey and Son, Volume I (Esprios Classics)
Author: Charles Dickens
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1716017750
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 498
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Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1716017750
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 498
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A Dog of Flanders and Other Stories (Esprios Classics)
Author: Ouida
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1716012163
Category : Dogs
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1716012163
Category : Dogs
Languages : en
Pages : 184
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