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The History of Rasselas: Prince of Abyssinia (Wordsworth Classics) - Softcover

Johnson, Samuel

 
9781840224207: The History of Rasselas: Prince of Abyssinia (Wordsworth Classics)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1840224207 ISBN 13: 9781840224207
Verlag: Wordsworth Editions Ltd, 2003

Inhaltsangabe

This book comes with an introduction and notes by Michael Irwin, Professor of English Literature, University of Kent at Canterbury. "Rasselas" is a provocative fable about 'the choice of life'. Bored by the endless contentment of 'the happy valley' in which he has been brought up, Prince Rasselas escapes with his sister. They rove the world searching for the secret of happiness and striving to find the ideal way to live. Repeatedly the pleasures they glimpse dissolve on closer acquaintance, and the great men they admire prove flawed. Where, then, are happiness and purpose to be found? These questions, of course, remain open for each generation; but none has discussed them with more wisdom and humanity than Dr. Johnson. "Rasselas" is a searching and often darkly humorous commentary on the human condition as well as a classic of English prose.

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Verlag
Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Erscheinungsdatum
2003
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1840224207
ISBN 13 
9781840224207
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
100
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