Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia

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Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia is available in the Project Gutenberg source edition credited to Samuel Johnson. Catalog subjects include Satire; Princes -- Fiction; Happiness -- Fiction. This edition retains the source text, including any introductory material and notes.

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Unknown year

Language

English

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Public domain

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Project Gutenberg ebook #652

Table of contents

50 chapters

1. 01INTRODUCTION.4 min
2. 02CHAPTER I DESCRIPTION OF A PALACE IN A VALLEY.4 min
3. 03CHAPTER II THE DISCONTENT OF RASSELAS IN THE HAPPY VALLEY.4 min
4. 04CHAPTER III THE WANTS OF HIM THAT WANTS NOTHING.3 min
5. 05CHAPTER IV THE PRINCE CONTINUES TO GRIEVE AND MUSE.5 min
6. 06CHAPTER V THE PRINCE MEDITATES HIS ESCAPE.2 min
7. 07CHAPTER VI A DISSERTATION ON THE ART OF FLYING.5 min
8. 08CHAPTER VII THE PRINCE FINDS A MAN OF LEARNING.2 min
9. 09CHAPTER VIII THE HISTORY OF IMLAC.5 min
10. 10CHAPTER IX THE HISTORY OF IMLAC (continued).4 min
11. 11CHAPTER X IMLAC’S HISTORY (continued)—A DISSERTATION UPON POETRY.4 min
12. 12CHAPTER XI IMLAC’S NARRATIVE (continued)—A HINT OF PILGRIMAGE.4 min
13. 13CHAPTER XII THE STORY OF IMLAC (continued).6 min
14. 14CHAPTER XIII RASSELAS DISCOVERS THE MEANS OF ESCAPE.3 min
15. 15CHAPTER XIV RASSELAS AND IMLAC RECEIVE AN UNEXPECTED VISIT.2 min
16. 16CHAPTER XV THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS LEAVE THE VALLEY, AND SEE MANY WONDERS.3 min
17. 17CHAPTER XVI THEY ENTER CAIRO, AND FIND EVERY MAN HAPPY.4 min
18. 18CHAPTER XVII THE PRINCE ASSOCIATES WITH YOUNG MEN OF SPIRIT AND GAIETY.2 min
19. 19CHAPTER XVIII THE PRINCE FINDS A WISE AND HAPPY MAN.4 min
20. 20CHAPTER XIX A GLIMPSE OF PASTORAL LIFE.2 min
21. 21CHAPTER XX THE DANGER OF PROSPERITY.2 min
22. 22CHAPTER XXI THE HAPPINESS OF SOLITUDE—THE HERMIT’S HISTORY.4 min
23. 23CHAPTER XXII THE HAPPINESS OF A LIFE LED ACCORDING TO NATURE.4 min
24. 24CHAPTER XXIII THE PRINCE AND HIS SISTER DIVIDE BETWEEN THEM THE WORK OF OBSERVATION.2 min
25. 25CHAPTER XXIV THE PRINCE EXAMINES THE HAPPINESS OF HIGH STATIONS.2 min
26. 26CHAPTER XXV THE PRINCESS PURSUES HER INQUIRY WITH MORE DILIGENCE THAN SUCCESS.3 min
27. 27CHAPTER XXVI THE PRINCESS CONTINUES HER REMARKS UPON PRIVATE LIFE.4 min
28. 28CHAPTER XXVII DISQUISITION UPON GREATNESS.3 min
29. 29CHAPTER XXVIII RASSELAS AND NEKAYAH CONTINUE THEIR CONVERSATION.4 min
30. 30CHAPTER XXIX THE DEBATE ON MARRIAGE (continued).5 min
31. 31CHAPTER XXX IMLAC ENTERS, AND CHANGES THE CONVERSATION.4 min
32. 32CHAPTER XXXI THEY VISIT THE PYRAMIDS.3 min
33. 33CHAPTER XXXII THEY ENTER THE PYRAMID.2 min
34. 34CHAPTER XXXIII THE PRINCESS MEETS WITH AN UNEXPECTED MISFORTUNE.2 min
35. 35CHAPTER XXXIV THEY RETURN TO CAIRO WITHOUT PEKUAH.4 min
36. 36CHAPTER XXXV THE PRINCESS LANGUISHES FOR WANT OF PEKUAH.5 min
37. 37CHAPTER XXXVI PEKUAH IS STILL REMEMBERED. THE PROGRESS OF SORROW.2 min
38. 38CHAPTER XXXVII THE PRINCESS HEARS NEWS OF PEKUAH.2 min
39. 39CHAPTER XXXVIII THE ADVENTURES OF THE LADY PEKUAH.6 min
40. 40CHAPTER XXXIX THE ADVENTURES OF PEKUAH (continued).8 min
41. 41CHAPTER XL THE HISTORY OF A MAN OF LEARNING.3 min
42. 42CHAPTER XLI THE ASTRONOMER DISCOVERS THE CAUSE OF HIS UNEASINESS.2 min
43. 43CHAPTER XLII THE OPINION OF THE ASTRONOMER IS EXPLAINED AND JUSTIFIED.2 min
44. 44CHAPTER XLIII THE ASTRONOMER LEAVES IMLAC HIS DIRECTIONS.2 min
45. 45CHAPTER XLIV THE DANGEROUS PREVALENCE OF IMAGINATION.3 min
46. 46CHAPTER XLV THEY DISCOURSE WITH AN OLD MAN.4 min
47. 47CHAPTER XLVI THE PRINCESS AND PEKUAH VISIT THE ASTRONOMER.7 min
48. 48CHAPTER XLVII THE PRINCE ENTERS, AND BRINGS A NEW TOPIC.5 min
49. 49CHAPTER XLVIII IMLAC DISCOURSES ON THE NATURE OF THE SOUL.5 min
50. 50CHAPTER XLIX THE CONCLUSION, IN WHICH NOTHING IS CONCLUDED.2 min