The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia
About this book
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
- authors
- biographies & autobiographies
- biography
- british and irish fiction (fictional works by one author)
- correspondence, reminiscences
- english
- english satire and humor
- essays
- ethiopia -- fiction
- ethiopia, fiction
- fiction
- fiction - general
- fiction, historical, general
- fiction, psychological
- fore-edge painting
- general
- gift books
- happiness
- happiness -- fiction
- irish
- kings and rulers
- literary styles & movements - fiction
- long now manual for civilization
- manners and customs in fiction
- miniature books
- non-classifiable
- novelty
- philosophy in fiction
- poetry
- princes
- princes -- fiction
- readers
- satire
- scottish
- scottish fiction & literature classics
- specimens
- translations into spanish
- travel & transportation - fiction
- & welsh fiction