By Samuel Johnson
- "One of the finest examples of English prose."--Benet's Reader's Encyclopedia
- Dover's edition to be lowest priced on market
Written in the evenings of a single week to pay for his mother's funeral, Samuel Johnson's only novel offers a compelling glimpse of the distinguished English writer's moral views. Its rapid execution, it is said, was the result of a lifetime spent contemplating the book's chief topics. A philosophical romance that traces the pilgrimage of an African prince and his companions to Egypt, the parable ponders a number of subjects--among them flying machines, poetry, marriage, and madness.
Republication of The Prince of Abissinia, Second Edition. Printed for R. and J. Dodsley and W. Johnson, London, 1759.
112 pages, 5 3/8 x 8 1/2 inches
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