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Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia

by Samuel Johnson

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  1. 01 - Chapters I-IV

    29:55

  2. 02 - Chapters V-VII

    17:45

  3. 03 - Chapters VIII, IX

    16:51

  4. 04 - Chapters X-XII

    29:34

  5. 05 - Chapters XIII-XVI

    22:58

  6. 06 - Chapters XVII-XX

    18:35

  7. 07 - Chapters XXI, XXII

    14:39

  8. 08 - Chapters XXIII-XXVI

    19:14

  9. 09 - Chapters XXVII, XXVIII

    13:32

  10. 10 - Chapters XXIX, XXX

    17:25

  11. 11 - Chapters XXXI-XXXIII

    12:15

  12. 12 - Chapters XXXIV-XXXVII

    23:50

  13. 13 - Chapters XXXVIII, XXXIX

    24:34

  14. 14 - Chapters XL-XLIII

    16:46

  15. 15 - Chapters XLIV, XLV

    15:16

  16. 16 - Chapters XLVI, XLVII

    23:52

  17. 17 - Chapters XLVIII, XLIX

    13:42

Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia (1759) is a public domain work.

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Samuel Johnson wrote this philosophical tale in a single week, reportedly to help pay for his mother's funeral, yet its calm melancholy has long outlasted the occasion. Prince Rasselas of Abyssinia lives in the Happy Valley, a paradise where every desire is met, but he grows restless and escapes with his sister Nekayah, her maid Pekuah, and the wise poet Imlac to learn where true happiness lies. Their travels through Egypt introduce hermits, scholars, rulers, and astronomers, each of whom claims to have found contentment and none of whom truly has. Johnson uses the search to test every path to satisfaction and quietly take each one apart. Free PDF and EPUB editions are available here.

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Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) was an English essayist, poet, critic, and lexicographer whose Dictionary of the English Language defined the field for a century. One of the most quoted figures in English letters, he is also the subject of Boswell's celebrated biography.

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Pages
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