The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia/Dinarbas; A Tale (Everyman's Library)

Johnson, Samuel,Knight, Ellis Cornelia

ISBN 10: 0460873083 / ISBN 13: 9780460873086

Published by Everymans Library, 1994

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia/Dinarbas; A Tale (Everyman's Library)
• Publisher: Everymans Library
• Publication Date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0460873083
• ISBN 13: 9780460873086
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Rasselas allegorizes the irresolvable question - where can happiness be found? Johnson sends Rasselas and his companions on a search outside their Utopian community for happiness, but the band discovers only the continual conflict between desire and possibility. Knight's Dinarbus continues the quest, adding issues of cultural, gender and class difference, to inquire if the "choice of life" is equally available to everyone.

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