Samuel Johnson

Rasselas PRINCE OF ABYSSINIA Samuel Johnson

Rasselas, Johnson's most famous work of all time, was written very quickly to pay for his mother's funeral expenses and was published anonymously for a significant time. It tells in forty-nine short and quick chapters what at first glance appears to be a simple story with a clear moral. A young prince, Rasselas, is imprisoned in his Abyssinian birthplace, the Happy Valley.