Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia
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Chapter I Description of a Palace in a Valley
Chapter II The Discontent of Rasselas in the Happy Valley
Chapter III The Wants of Him that Wants Nothing
Chapter IV The Prince Continues to Grieve and Muse
Chapter V The Prince Meditates His Escape
Chapter VI A Dissertation on the Art of Flying
Chapter VII The Prince Finds a Man of Learning
Chapter VIII The History of Imlac
Chapter IX The History of Imlac (continued)
Chapter X Imlac's History (continued) - A Dissertation Upon Poetry
Chapter XI Imlac's Narrative (continued) - A Hint of Pilgrimage
Chapter XII The Story of Imlac (continued)
Chapter XIII Rasselas Discovers the Means of Escape
Chapter XIV Rasselas and Imlac Receive an Unexpected Visit
Chapter XV The Prince and Princess Leave the Valley, and See Many Wonders
Chapter XVI They Enter Cairo, and Find Every Man Happy
Chapter XVII The Prince Associates with Young Men of Spirit and Gaiety
Chapter XVIII The Prince Finds a Wise and Happy Man
Chapter XIX A Glimpse of Pastoral Life
Chapter XX The Danger of Prosperity
Chapter XXI The Happiness of Solitude - The Hermit's History
Chapter XXII The Happiness of a Life Led According to Nature
Chapter XXIII The Prince and His Sister Divide Between Them the Work of Observation
Chapter XXIV The Prince Examines the Happiness of High Stations
Chapter XXV The Princess Pursues Her Inquiry with More Diligence than Success
Chapter XXVI The Princess Continues Her Remarks Upon Private Life
Chapter XXVII Disquisition Upon Greatness
Chapter XXVIII Rasselas and Nekayah Continue Their Conversation
Chapter XXIX The Debate on Marriage (continued)
Chapter XXX Imlac Enters, and Changes the Conversation
Chapter XXXI They Visit the Pyramids
Chapter XXXII They Enter the Pyramid
Chapter XXXIII The Princess Meets with an Unexpected Misfortune
Chapter XXXIV They Return to Cairo Without Pekuah
Chapter XXXV The Princess Languishes for Want of Pekuah
Chapter XXXVI Pekuah is Still Remembered. The Progress of Sorrow
Chapter XXXVII The Princess Hears News of Pekuah
Chapter XXXVIII The Adventures of the Lady Pekuah
Chapter XXXIX The Adventures of Pekuah (continued)
The History of a Man of Learning
Chapter XLI The Astronomer Discovers the Cause of His Uneasiness
Chapter XLII The Opinion of the Astronomer is Explained and Justified
Chapter XLIII The Astronomer Leaves Imlac His Directions
Chapter XLIV The Dangerous Prevalence of Imagination
Chapter XLV They Discourse with an Old Man
Chapter XLVI The Princess and Pekuah Visit the Astronomer
Chapter XLVII The Prince Enters, and Brings a New Topic
Chapter XLVIII Imlac Discourses on the Nature of the Soul
Chapter XLIX The Conclusion, in which Nothing is Concluded
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Chapter XXVII Disquisition Upon Greatness

The conversation had a short pause. The Prince, having considered his sister's observation, told her that she had surveyed life with prejudice and supposed misery where she did not find it. "Your narrative," says he, "throws yet a darker gloom upon the prospects of futurity. The predictions of Imlac were but faint sketches of the evils painted by N

             
            

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