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The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia |
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| By (author): |
Samuel Johnson Edited by: Jessica Richard |
| ISBN10-13: |
1551116014 : 9781551116013 |
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Paperback |
| Pages: |
216 |
| Weight: |
.300 Kg. |
| Published: |
Broadview Press - February 2008 |
| List Price: |
22.95 Pounds Sterling |
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In Stock
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| In Samuel Johnsonâ s classic philosophical tale, the prince and princess of Abissinia escape their confinement in the Happy Valley and conduct an ultimately unsuccessful search for a choice of life that leads to happiness. Johnson uses the conventions of the Oriental tale to depict a universal restlessness of desire. The excesses of Orientalismâ its superfluous splendours, its despotic tyrannies, its riotous pleasuresâ cannot satisfy us. His tale challenges us by showing the problem of finding happiness to be insoluble while still dignifying our quest for fulfillment. The appendices to this Broadview edition include reviews and biographies, selections from the sequel Dinarbas (1790), and the complete text of Elizabeth Pope Whatelyâ s The Second Part of the History of Rasselas (1835). Selections from Johnsonâ s translation of the travel narrative A Voyage to Abyssinia, as well as his Oriental tales in the Rambler, are also included, along with another popular tale, Joseph Addisonâ s â The Vision of Mirzah,â and selections from Lady Mary Wortley Montaguâ s Turkish Embassy Letters. |
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