I fear I shall never be...good for anything in this world, but composing airs, building towers, forming gardens, collecting old Japan, and writing a journey to China or the Moon. — William Thomas Beckford Copy Share Image
I fear I shall never be...good for anything in this world, but composing airs, building towers, forming gardens, collecting old Japan, and writing a… — William Thomas Beckford Copy Share Image
[Vathek] has, in parts, been called, but to some judgments, never is, dull: it is certainly in parts, grotesque, extravagant and even nasty. But… — William Thomas Beckford Copy Share Image
![“[Vathek] has, in parts, been called, but to some judgments, never is, dull: it is certainly in parts, grotesque, extravagant and even nasty. But Beckford could plead sufficient "local colour" for it, and a contrast, again almost Shakespearean, between the flickering farce atrocities of the…” quote by William Thomas Beckford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/3a4/william-thomas-beckford-93528_atrocities_vathek-has-in-parts-been-called-but-to-s_668562.jpg)