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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This
IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced
typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have
occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor
pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original
artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe
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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This
IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced
typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have
occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor
pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original
artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe
this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections,
have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing
commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We
appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the
preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
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Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
PublishingA AcentsAcentsa A-Acentsa Acentss Legacy Reprint Series.
Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks,
notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this
work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of
our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's
literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of
thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of intere
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
PublishingA AcentsAcentsa A-Acentsa Acentss Legacy Reprint Series.
Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks,
notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this
work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of
our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's
literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of
thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of intere
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for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: is
perhaps some suggestion of it in the garden of hope, Rambler, 67
(November 6, 1750). But there can be little question that, in the
'History of Ten Days of Seged, KnrnrTff-KlRfafia'JfLfJrnrfn nf
plpasnrp is a prototypp nf the, happy valley i1-gplf The name Seged
(Segued) occurs in Lobo ; the place of the gar- den is Lake Dambea,
in Ethiopia, and the garden is a garden of delights for the
pleasure of the emperor. Moreover, the descriptions agree in
numerous minute particulars, so that here seems to be a first
sketch of what was elaborated in the later tale. III. CHARACTER AND
INTERPRETATION OF THE WORK. It is clear at a p-lannp that Johnson's
Rasselas is no ordinary work of fiction. There is. fc the
exceptionofth.fi journey of Imlac and the episode of Pekutl's bythe
Arabs, the narrative nf t.hp. journey nf from the happy valley and
the account of the different persons he meets are unbroken by
external evpnt.s nr fnteresls. Moreover, the love passion, so
eminently characteristic of romantic fiction, has no glace in the
stofybTthe prince of Abyssinia. - Finally, dramatic-/ power,
essential to the novplist, is a,|m/,c n,hr.lly ir,- ing in
A'issclas. Johnson himself speaks in the person of each of the
characters at different times. From these and other evidences that
might be mentioned, it is clear that Johnson's purpose in writing
Rasselas was not simply to interest and amuse. Rasselas has been
called a work of philosophical . 1 Rambler, 204, 205 (February 29,
March 3, 1752). fiction. But even this rather elaborate
characterization is itsplf in need ot morp pxplicit definition.
Fiction is not the ordinary vehicle of philosophy, and Rasselas may
be called philosophical only in a somewhat general sense. A more
explicit characterization of the story may per...
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