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Vathek
The hero of Beckford's fairy romance. He is a haughty,
effeminate monarch, induced by a malignant genius to commit all sorts
of crimes. He abjures his faith, and offers allegiance to Eblis, under
the hope of obtaining the throne of the pre-Adamite sultans.
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