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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
0198319045 9780198319047
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Edition Notes
Map on end papers.
"This book ... contains excerpts from Samuel Johnson's, Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia, a work originally published in London, England, the year 1759." -- Colophon.
Limited edition of 20 numbered copies.
Fisher copy: No. 8.
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