216 pages
English language
Published 2008 by Broadview Press.
History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia
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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.
Subjects
- British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author)
- Ethiopia, fiction