{"product_id":"the-history-of-rasselas-prince-of-abissinia-dover-books-on-literature-drama-048644094x","title":"The History of Rasselas: Prince of Abissinia (Dover Books on Literature \u0026 Drama)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 048644094X\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Johnson, Samuel\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSimply written, funny, and compulsively readable, this fine little book has been heralded as one of the finest examples of English prose and offers a compelling glimpse of Samuel Johnsons moral views. Dashed out over the course of a single week to pay for his mothers funeral, Johnsons only novel was the outcome of a lifetimes thoughts and experiences.A philosophical romance tracing the pilgrimage of an African prince and his companions to Egypt, Rasselas ponders a number of subjects - romantic love, flights of imagination, the great discoveries of science, and speculations about the meaning of happiness - all of which, Johnson implies, encourage man with false hopes and unrealistic estimates of what life has to offer.Directed specifically against eighteenth-century optimism and, more generally, against all simple formulas for achieving happiness, Rasselas has often been compared with Voltaires Candide - which was published only a few weeks before Johnsons work. Both novels have deservedly attained the status of classics.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51943905329440,"sku":"NEW048644094X","price":8.83,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/the-history-of-rasselas-prince-of-abissinia-dover-books-on-literature-drama-048644094x","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}