Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia

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The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia | Samuel Johnson, Francis William Blagdon

#BookReport 09/21

Except for the tagged one I had a great reading week. I enjoyed all of these books.

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TrishB Great week 👍🏻 4y

squirrelbrain Shame about the Johnson, but a good week otherwise! 4y

Cinfhen What my friends said ☝🏼💕 4y

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BarbaraBB

The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia | Samuel Johnson, Francis William Blagdon

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Rasselas lives in complete happiness in an Ethiopian valley and is bored by it. ‘You find it boring because you‘ve never known misery‘, someone says to him and this leads Rasselas to go in search of the meaning of life, misery and happiness.
These two sentences pretty well sum up the content of this book. Samuel Johnson needed a lot more pages though. A very boring book but it‘s another #1001books ticked off!

#FoodAndLit #Ethiopia

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JennyM Eek. Sorry it was a pan. But you have spring flowers popping up 🌸 Hope warmer days are coming for you 😘 4y

BarbaraBB @JennyM The first I saw. I am so looking forward to warmer days! 😘 4y

Megabooks I can‘t believe it‘s almost spring! It was 65 F/18 C here yesterday! 4y

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emilyhaldi Those crocuses though 😍 I have a bunch planted in my yard and they‘re just starting to come up! 4y

BarbaraBB @Megabooks You‘re kidding! You had a decimeter of snow only last week 😧 4y

BarbaraBB @emilyhaldi It really means the end of Winter and I can‘t wait! 4y

Megabooks That is the life in Kentucky! 😂😂 4y

CarolynM Are they crocuses? Lovely😍 4y

BarbaraBB They are, @CarolynM They come up everywhere here when Winter is over. 4y

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alayarachel

Rasselas | Samuel Johnson, Abraham Raimbach, Robert Smirke

Does it count if I‘m reading to teach? I hadn‘t read this text before and I am finding it fascinating! So much discussion of how to find happiness in an uncertain world, with no real answers. Also, some thoughtful discussions of the benefits of marrying early versus marrying later in life. 🤔

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