Name: Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia
Author: Samuel Johnson

Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia

Samuel Johnson

Original edition · FreeLiteratureClassics Original: English51 pages

Prince Rasselas grows dissatisfied with the comforts of the Happy Valley and journeys into the wider world with his sister Nekayah and the philosopher Imlac. Samuel Johnson’s philosophical tale follows their conversations and encounters as they search for the meaning of happiness and the limits of human choice.

Book & edition details

Original language: English
Original publication: 1759
Edition: Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia (1889 Cassell & Company source edition) · 1996
Publisher: Project Gutenberg
Length: 36,552 words · about 167 min
Reader typography: standard

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