212 pages
English language
Published Jan. 29, 1999 by Oxford University Press, USA.
The History of Rasselas
Prince of Abissinia (Oxford World's Classics)
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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.
