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A review by affabletoaster
The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia by J.P. Hardy, Samuel Johnson
3.0
I was telling a friend how much I did NOT enjoy the Johnson & Boswell course I had to take during my final year of university, and he felt compelled to defend Dr Johnson's honour. A couple days later he dropped by to give me Rasselas.
While I doubt I would have enjoyed the read as much as I did without associating it with the kindness of my friend, his enthusiasm is not entirely wasted on Dr Johnson's little novel. It was written in a week because the good doctor was low on funds, and it shows, but it's something of a more virtuous Candide, and not to be dismissed.
While I doubt I would have enjoyed the read as much as I did without associating it with the kindness of my friend, his enthusiasm is not entirely wasted on Dr Johnson's little novel. It was written in a week because the good doctor was low on funds, and it shows, but it's something of a more virtuous Candide, and not to be dismissed.