WorkWilliam Beckford
Vathek: An Arabian Tale (originally French: Lausanne/London, 1786/1787; English trans. by Samuel Henley: The History of the Caliph Vathek
William Beckford (1760–1844)
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“or among fictions Lockhart's "Reginald Dalton" Hope's "Anastasius" or Beckford's "Caliph Vathek" are very good.”
Fuller, Margaret. The Letters of Margaret Fuller. Edited by Robert N. Hudspeth. Vol. I. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1983.
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“The faint sickness of a wounded heart." How frequently do these words of Beckford recur to my mind! His prayer, imperfect as it is, says more to me than many a purer aspiration.”
Fuller, Margaret. The Letters of Margaret Fuller. Edited by Robert N. Hudspeth. Vol. VI. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1988.
Hudspeth's notes suggest the quotation probably comes from Beckford's Vathek, a work Fuller admired, though the exact passages have not been verified verbatim; her reflective engagement and repeated return to the phrases signal strong current reading.