Rasselas prince of abissinia biography
Rasselas prince of abissinia biography facts.
The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia
1759 apologue about bliss and ignorance by Samuel Johnson
Cover of corrected Second Edition of 1759 | |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
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| Original title | The Prince of Abissinia: A Tale |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Apologue, Theodicy, Fable |
| Publisher | R.Rasselas prince of abissinia biographyand J. Dodsley, W. Johnston |
Publication date | April 1759 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | |
The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia, originally titled The Prince of Abissinia: A Tale, though often abbreviated to Rasselas, is an apologue about bliss and ignorance by Samuel Johnson.
The book's original working title was "The Choice of Life". The book was first published in April 1759 in England. Early readers considered Rasselas to be a work of philosophical and practical importance and critics often remark on the difficulty of classifying it as a novel.
Origin and influences
At the age of fifty, Johnson wrote the piece