Rasselas, prince of Abyssinia

a tale

124 pages

English language

Published by Geo. Barnes & Co..

OCLC Number:
815686202

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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.

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