The prince of Abissinia
A tale ...
by Samuel Johnson, Warren L. Fleischauer, Félix Paknadel, Octavie Belot, and James MacAulay
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This short novel is a satire on the philosophical stories popular at the time, such as Voltaire’s Candide. A young man is accompanied on his travels by an older wiser teacher, who explains various situations they encounter in terms of happiness or otherwise.
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Ethiopia, fiction, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Princes, Fiction, Happiness, Manners and customs in fiction, Philosophy in fiction, Kings and rulers, Authors, Poetry, Gift books, Correspondence, reminiscences, Specimens, Essays, Biography, Translations into Spanish, English satire and humor, General, Fiction - General, Non-Classifiable, Novelty, Satire, Fiction, historical, general, Fiction, psychological, Biographies & autobiographies, English, Scottish, & welsh fiction, Irish, Scottish fiction & literature classics, Literary styles & movements - fiction, Travel & transportation - fictionShowing 11 featured editions. View all 224 editions?
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The History of Rasselas: Prince of Abissinia
June 1993, Oxford University Press
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The prince of Abissinia: A tale ...
1759, Printed for R. and J. Dodsley, W. Johnston
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Caption title: The history of Rasselas, prince of Abissinia.
Said to have been written in the evenings of one week in order to pay debts incurred on the death of his mother, Rasselas was the most popular of Johnson's works. cf. Dictionary of national biography.
Microfiche. Chicago, Ill. : Library Resources, inc., 1976. 1 sheet of microfiche : positive ; 8 x 13 cm. (Library of English literature ; LEL 12034)
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| June 7, 2021 | Edited by lisaBot | moving edition(s) to primary work |
| August 4, 2012 | Edited by VacuumBot | Updated format '[microform] :' to 'Microform'; cleaned up pagination |
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