The History of Rasselas - (Dover Books on Literature & Drama) by Samuel Johnson (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>The distinguished English writer's only novel provides a compelling glimpse of his moral views as he assails 18th-century optimism and man's unrealistic estimates of what life has to offer.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Simply written, funny, and compulsively readable, this fine little book has been heralded as one of the finest examples of English prose and offers a compelling glimpse of Samuel Johnson's moral views. Dashed out over the course of a single week to pay for his mother's funeral, Johnson's only novel was the outcome of a lifetime's thoughts and experiences.<br>A philosophical romance tracing the pilgrimage of an African prince and his companions to Egypt, <i>Rasselas</i> ponders a number of subjects -- romantic love, flights of imagination, the great discoveries of science, and speculations about the meaning of happiness -- all of which, Johnson implies, encourage man with false hopes and unrealistic estimates of what life has to offer.<br>Directed specifically against eighteenth-century optimism and, more generally, against all simple formulas for achieving happiness, <i>Rasselas</i> has often been compared with Voltaire's <i>Candide</i> -- which was published only a few weeks before Johnson's work. Both novels have deservedly attained the status of classics.
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