The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia
Samuel Johnson
- Rasselas,
- Prince
- of
- Abyssinia,
- leaves
- the
- easy
- life
- of
- the
- Happy
- Valley,
- accompanied
- by
- his
- sister
- Nekayah,
- her
- attendant
- Pekuah,
- and
- the
- much-travelled
- philosopher
- Imlac.
- Their
- journey
- takes
- them
- to
- Egypt,
- where
- they
- study
- the
- various
- conditions
- of
- men's
- lives,
- before
- returning
- home
- in
- a
- 'conclusion
- in
- which
- nothing
- is
- concluded'.
- Johnson's
- tale
- is
- not
- only
- a
- satire
- on
- optimism,
- but
- also
- an
- expression
- of
- truth
- about
- the
- human
- mind
- and
- its
- infinite
- capacity
- for hope.
