| Description |
1 online resource (1 audio file (4hr., 34 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
| Series |
Recorded Books classics library.
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| Access |
Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| Performer |
Narrated by Steven Crossley. |
| Summary |
Rasselas and his companions escape the pleasures of the "happy valley" in order to make their "choice of life." By witnessing the misfortunes and miseries of others they come to understand the nature of happiness, and value it more highly. Their travels and enquiries raise important practical and philosophical questions concerning many aspects of the human condition, including the business of a poet, the stability of reason, the immortality of the soul, and how to find contentment. Johnson's adaptation of the popular oriental tale displays his usual wit and perceptiveness; skeptical and probing, his tale nevertheless suggests that wisdom and self-knowledge need not be entirely beyond reach. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
Princes -- Fiction -- Early works to 1800.
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Tales -- Early works to 1800.
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Ethiopia -- Fiction -- Early works to 1800.
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| Added Author |
Crossley, Steven. Narrator.
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9781501929496 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1501929496 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT13522831 |
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