Rasselas - Folio Society edition

Rasselas

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Rasselas - Folio Society edition
Folio Society
Literature

Rasselas

Samuel Johnson

Edition year 1975
Binding Cloth
Illustrator Edward Bawden
Weight 1 Kg
Pages 132
Dimensions 22.3 × 13.6 cm

Edition details

Rasselas by Samuel Johnson. Introduction by Gilbert Phelps. 7 leaves of four-colour lithographs by Edward Bawden. Quarter bound in dark blue cloth, white paper boards with a pattern in yellow, green and grey by Bawden. Yellow endleaves. Yellow or pale blue slipcase. 22.3x13.6cm. 132pp.

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Samuel Johnson's Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia is a philosophical tale about a young prince who leaves the sheltered Happy Valley in search of a way of life that will guarantee happiness. Travelling with his sister Nekayah and the wise Imlac, Rasselas encounters people pursuing wealth, solitude, learning, power and domestic contentment. Johnson uses their conversations and disappointments to explore desire, choice and the universal difficulty of achieving lasting happiness.

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