Vathek

Excerpt from Vathek: An Arabian Tale Vathek’s own taste for learning was quite as insatiable as his zeal for sin he wished to know everything, even sciences that did not exist. But his nature, compared to hers, was indolent and pleasure seeking his opportunities for self-indulgence were unique.

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