Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia
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Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia

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Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia

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The plot is simple in the extreme. Rasselas, son of the King of Abyssinia, is shut up in a beautiful valley, "till the order of succession should call him to the throne." He grows weary of the factitious entertainments of the place, and after much brooding escapes with his sister Nekayah, her attendant Pekuah and his poet-friend Imlac. They are to see the world and search for happiness, but after some sojourn in Egypt, where they frequent various classes of society and undergo a few mild adventures, they perceive the futility of their search and abruptly return to Abyssinia.

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Publisher
Dancing Unicorn Books
Year
2016
eBook ISBN
9781515413240
Subtopic
Classics

Table of contents

  1. Chapter I - Description of a Palace in a Valley
  2. Chapter II - the Discontent of Rasselas in the Happy Valley
  3. Chapter III - the Wants of Him That Wants Nothing
  4. Chapter IV - the Prince Continues to Grieve and Muse
  5. Chapter V - the Prince Meditates His Escape
  6. Chapter VI - a Dissertation on the Art of Flying
  7. Chapter VII - the Prince Finds a Man of Learning
  8. Chapter VIII - the History of Imlac
  9. Chapter IX - the History of Imlac (Continued)
  10. Chapter X - Imlac’s History (Continued) - a Dissertation upon Poetry
  11. Chapter XI - Imlac’s Narrative (Continued) - a Hint of Pilgrimage
  12. Chapter XII - the Story of Imlac (Continued)
  13. Chapter XIII - Rasselas Discovers the Means of Escape
  14. Chapter XIV - Rasselas and Imlac Receive an Unexpected Visit
  15. Chapter XV - the Prince and Princess Leave the Valley, and See Many Wonders
  16. Chapter XVI - They Enter Cairo, and Find Every Man Happy
  17. Chapter XVII - the Prince Associates with Young Men of Spirit and Gaiety
  18. Chapter XVIII - the Prince Finds a Wise and Happy Man
  19. Chapter XIX - a Glimpse of Pastoral Life
  20. Chapter XX - the Danger of Prosperity
  21. Chapter XXI - the Happiness of Solitude - the Hermit’s History
  22. Chapter XXII - the Happiness of a Life Led According to Nature
  23. Chapter XXIII - the Prince and His Sister Divide Between Them the Work of Observation
  24. Chapter XXIV - the Prince Examines the Happiness of High Stations
  25. Chapter XXV - the Princess Pursues Her Inquiry with More Diligence than Success
  26. Chapter XXVI - the Princess Continues Her Remarks upon Private Life
  27. Chapter XXVII - Disquisition upon Greatness
  28. Chapter XXVIII - Rasselas and Nekayah Continue Their Conversation
  29. Chapter XXIX - the Debate on Marriage (Continued)
  30. Chapter XXX - Imlac Enters, and Changes the Conversation
  31. Chapter XXXI - They Visit the Pyramids
  32. Chapter XXXII - They Enter the Pyramid
  33. Chapter XXXIII - the Princess Meets with an Unexpected Misfortune
  34. Chapter XXXIV - They Return to Cairo Without Pekuah
  35. Chapter XXXV - the Princess Languishes for Want of Pekuah
  36. Chapter XXXVI - Pekuah Is Still Remembered. The Progress of Sorrow
  37. Chapter XXXVII - the Princess Hears News of Pekuah
  38. Chapter XXXVIII - the Adventures of the Lady Pekuah
  39. Chapter XXXIX - the Adventures of Pekuah (Continued)
  40. Chapter XL - the History of a Man of Learning
  41. Chapter XLI - the Astronomer Discovers the Cause of His Uneasiness
  42. Chapter XLII - the Opinion of the Astronomer Is Explained and Justified
  43. Chapter XLIII - the Astronomer Leaves Imlac His Directions
  44. Chapter XLIV - the Dangerous Prevalence of Imagination
  45. Chapter XLV - They Discourse with an Old Man
  46. Chapter XLVI - the Princess and Pekuah Visit the Astronomer
  47. Chapter XLVII - the Prince Enters, and Brings a New Topic
  48. Chapter XLVIII - Imlac Discourses on the Nature of the Soul
  49. Chapter XLIX - the Conclusion, in Which Nothing Is Concluded

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