Abstract
The article deals with the epistolary narrative of William Beckford (1760–1844), most renowned as the author of the Oriental tale Vathek (1786). Although a copious letter‐writer, Beckford's letters have not received much critical attention. The article attempts a close reading of some features of Beckfordian letter‐writing—a preliminary investigation into its style, rhetorical complexities and consistent merging of narrator and narratee. Studying separate letters as a whole (as one text), the article tries to make visible those literary strategies that make Beckford's epistolary prose—even at its most private and personal—a subject worth historical as well as theoretical scrutiny.
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