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The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia, by Samuel Johnson

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Chapters

Introduction
Chapter I - DESCRIPTION OF A PALACE IN A VALLEY
Chapter 2 - THE DISCONTENT OF RASSELAS IN THE HAPPY VALLEY
Chapter 3 - THE WANTS OF HIM THAT WANTS NOTHING
Chapter 4 - THE PRINCE CONTINUES TO GRIEVE AND MUSE
Chapter 5 - THE PRINCE MEDITATES HIS ESCAPE
Chapter 6 - A DISSERTATION ON THE ART OF FLYING
Chapter 7 - THE PRINCE FINDS A MAN OF LEARNING
Chapter 8 - THE HISTORY OF IMLAC
Chapter 9 - THE HISTORY OF IMLAC (continued)
Chapter 10 - IMLAC’S HISTORY (continued)—A DISSERTATION UPON POETRY
Chapter 11 - IMLAC’S NARRATIVE (continued)—A HINT OF PILGRIMAGE
Chapter 12 - THE STORY OF IMLAC (continued)
Chapter 13 - RASSELAS DISCOVERS THE MEANS OF ESCAPE
Chapter 14 - RASSELAS AND IMLAC RECEIVE AN UNEXPECTED VISIT
Chapter 15 - THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS LEAVE THE VALLEY, AND SEE MANY WONDERS
Chapter 16 - THEY ENTER CAIRO, AND FIND EVERY MAN HAPPY
Chapter 17 - THE PRINCE ASSOCIATES WITH YOUNG MEN OF SPIRIT AND GAIETY
Chapter 18 - THE PRINCE FINDS A WISE AND HAPPY MAN
Chapter 19 - A GLIMPSE OF PASTORAL LIFE
Chapter 20 - THE DANGER OF PROSPERITY
Chapter 21 - THE HAPPINESS OF SOLITUDE—THE HERMIT’S HISTORY
Chapter 22 - THE HAPPINESS OF A LIFE LED ACCORDING TO NATURE
Chapter 23 - THE PRINCE AND HIS SISTER DIVIDE BETWEEN THEM THE WORK OF OBSERVATION
Chapter 24 - THE PRINCE EXAMINES THE HAPPINESS OF HIGH STATIONS
Chapter 25 - THE PRINCESS PURSUES HER INQUIRY WITH MORE DILIGENCE THAN SUCCESS
Chapter 26 - THE PRINCESS CONTINUES HER REMARKS UPON PRIVATE LIFE
Chapter 27 - DISQUISITION UPON GREATNESS
Chapter 28 - RASSELAS AND NEKAYAH CONTINUE THEIR CONVERSATION
Chapter 29 - THE DEBATE ON MARRIAGE (continued)
Chapter 30 - IMLAC ENTERS, AND CHANGES THE CONVERSATION
Chapter 31 - THEY VISIT THE PYRAMIDS
Chapter 32 - THEY ENTER THE PYRAMID
Chapter 33 - THE PRINCESS MEETS WITH AN UNEXPECTED MISFORTUNE
Chapter 34 - THEY RETURN TO CAIRO WITHOUT PEKUAH
Chapter 35 - THE PRINCESS LANGUISHES FOR WANT OF PEKUAH
Chapter 36 - PEKUAH IS STILL REMEMBERED. THE PROGRESS OF SORROW
Chapter 37 - THE PRINCESS HEARS NEWS OF PEKUAH
Chapter 38 - THE ADVENTURES OF THE LADY PEKUAH
Chapter 39 - THE ADVENTURES OF PEKUAH (continued)
Chapter 40 - THE HISTORY OF A MAN OF LEARNING
Chapter 41 - THE ASTRONOMER DISCOVERS THE CAUSE OF HIS UNEASINESS
Chapter 42 - THE OPINION OF THE ASTRONOMER IS EXPLAINED AND JUSTIFIED
Chapter 43 - THE ASTRONOMER LEAVES IMLAC HIS DIRECTIONS
Chapter 44 - THE DANGEROUS PREVALENCE OF IMAGINATION
Chapter 45 - THEY DISCOURSE WITH AN OLD MAN
Chapter 46 - THE PRINCESS AND PEKUAH VISIT THE ASTRONOMER
Chapter 47 - THE PRINCE ENTERS, AND BRINGS A NEW TOPIC
Chapter 48 - IMLAC DISCOURSES ON THE NATURE OF THE SOUL
Chapter 49 - THE CONCLUSION, IN WHICH NOTHING IS CONCLUDED
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