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Rasselas

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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A quasi-novel written in 1759 by Johnson to pay the expenses of his mother's funeral, the subject of which is an imaginary prince of Abyssinia, and its aim a satire in sombre vein on human life.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Rasselas'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​r/rasselas.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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