An edition of The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia
(1759)
Rasselas
Prince of Abissinia: a tale. By S. Johnson, L.L.D.
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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The History of Rasselas: Prince of Abissinia
June 1993, Oxford University Press
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Rasselas: Prince of Abissinia: a tale. By S. Johnson, L.L.D.
1787, printed for Joseph Wenman
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With four pages of advertisements.
Microfilm. Woodbridge, CT Research Publications, Inc., 1983. 1 reel ; 35mm. (The Eighteenth Century ; reel 165, no. 9).
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| June 7, 2021 | Edited by lisaBot | moving edition(s) to primary work |
| July 31, 2012 | Edited by VacuumBot | Updated format '[microform]' to 'Microform'; cleaned up pagination |
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