Project Gutenberg 2010-12-27 Public domain in the USA. 115 Johnson, Samuel 1709 1784 Beckford, William 1760 1844 Marlow, Harriet, Lady Jenks, Jacquetta Agneta Mariana Beckford, John Walpole, Horace 1717 1797 Orford, Horace Walpole, Earl of Walpole, Horatio Marshall, William Muralto, Onuphrio Rhys, Ernest 1859 1946 Shorter Novels, Eighteenth Century The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia; The Castle of Otranto, a Gothic Story; Vathek, an Arabian Tale Produced by Suzanne Lybarger, Brian Janes, S.D., and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Shorter Novels, Eighteenth Century" by Johnson, Beckford, and Walpole is a collection of classic novels written during the later years of the eighteenth century. The volume includes notable works like Johnson’s "Rasselas", Walpole’s "The Castle of Otranto", and Beckford’s "Vathek", showcasing a mixture of philosophical reflection, Gothic terror, and Oriental fantasy. The collection illustrates a key transitional period in literature, where traditional themes began to give way to the emotions and imaginations celebrated in Romantic literature. The opening of the book introduces "Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia", which centers on Prince Rasselas, who lives in a paradise-like valley but grows discontented with the pleasures and comforts of his life. Despite the lavish lifestyle provided to him and his siblings, Rasselas has an insatiable yearning to explore the world outside, leading him to reflect on the nature of happiness. His growing melancholy sets the stage for his eventual quest for meaning, as he grapples with existential questions about fulfillment and the human condition. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en English fiction -- 18th century PR Text Browsing: History - General Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 858043 858052 2024-09-14T13:33:52.603542 2023-09-15T08:19:55.939984 text/html text/html 864156 2010-12-27T16:51:22 text/html; charset=utf-8 337378 2010-12-27T16:53:38 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 431898 2024-09-14T13:34:05.441532 application/epub+zip 437555 2024-09-14T13:33:55.338533 application/epub+zip 407535 2024-09-14T13:33:53.829561 application/epub+zip 735266 2024-09-14T13:34:12.944520 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 687111 2024-09-14T13:34:04.002491 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 590593 2022-09-16T04:57:53.660756 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 777660 2024-09-14T13:33:51.025552 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 787065 2010-12-27T16:51:18 text/plain; charset=utf-8 298518 2010-12-27T16:53:36 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 777734 2010-12-27T16:51:56 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 297007 2010-12-27T16:53:36 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 777734 2010-12-27T16:51:56 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 296873 2010-12-27T16:53:36 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 23972 2024-09-14T13:34:13.110440 application/rdf+xml 16426 2024-09-14T13:33:54.216547 image/jpeg 3992 2024-09-14T13:33:54.023538 image/jpeg 393894 2024-09-14T13:33:52.679556 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia en.wikipedia en.wikipedia