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The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia
by Samuel Johnson • J.P. Hardy (Editor)
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- 2009
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- 157 PAGES
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Johnson drew upon the journals of a Jesuit priest to weave this ironic tale of earthly paradise in the "happy valley of Abyssinia," originally published in 1759. While hardly a guidebook to the real nation of Ethiopia, the tale captures the European fascination with this ancient land. It's Dr. Johnson's answer to the tradition of Eastern story books -- a thought-provoking meditation on the big questions of happiness, love, solitude and what it means to be great.
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