The History of Rasselas Prince of Abissinia
Samuel JohnsonPublished2005
Pages99
Formatpaperback
PublisherCourier Corporation
Synopsis
Written in the evenings of a single week to pay for his mother's funeral, Samuel Johnson's only novel offers a compelling glimpse of the distinguished English writer's moral views. Its rapid execution, it is said, was the result of a lifetime spent contemplating the book's chief topics. A philosophical romance that traces the pilgrimage of an African prince and his companions to Egypt, the parable ponders a number of subjects — among them flying machines, poetry, marriage, and madness.
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About Samuel Johnson
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Samuel Johnson
1709–1784
Samuel Johnson, was an English author who made lasting contributions to English literature as a poet, essayist, moralist, literary critic, biographer, editor and lexicographer. Johnson was a devout Anglican and committed Tory, and has been described as "arguably the most distinguished man of letters in English history".[1] He is also the subject of "the most famous single work of biographical art in the whole of literature": James Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson.[2] ([Source][1].) [1]:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Johnson
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