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Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia

تأليف Samuel Johnson · 50 أجزاء · about 3 hours 7 minutes للقراءة

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مرحبا, اسمي Finn وسأساعدك على فهم هذا الكتاب.

إليك الشرح, مبسطا كأن عمرك 10 سنوات:

راسيلاس أمير عنده كل شيء. يعيش في واد جميل يلبي فيه الخدم كل رغباته، ومع ذلك هو قلق وحزين. فينسل إلى العالم الواسع مع أخته وصديق حكيم ليراقب كيف يعيش الناس الآخرون، أغنياء وفقراء، متزوجين وعزابا، شيوخا وشبابا، آملا أن يجد الحياة السعيدة. يطرح جونسون سؤالا كبيرا في قصة قصيرة رشيقة: ما الذي يجعل الحياة طيبة حقا؟

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Introduction5 min Chapter 1: Description of a Palace in a Valley4 min Chapter 2: The Discontent of Rasselas in the Happy Valley4 min Chapter 3: The Wants of Him That Wants Nothing3 min Chapter 4: The Prince Continues to Grieve and Muse5 min Chapter 5: The Prince Meditates His Escape2 min Chapter 6: A Dissertation on the Art of Flying6 min Chapter 7: The Prince Finds a Man of Learning2 min Chapter 8: The History of Imlac5 min Chapter 9: The History of Imlac (continued)4 min Chapter 10: Imlac’s History (continued): a Dissertation Upon Poetry4 min Chapter 11: Imlac’s Narrative (continued): a Hint of Pilgrimage5 min Chapter 12: The Story of Imlac (continued)7 min Chapter 13: Rasselas Discovers the Means of Escape3 min Chapter 14: Rasselas and Imlac Receive an Unexpected Visit2 min Chapter 15: The Prince and Princess Leave the Valley, and See Many Wonders3 min Chapter 16: They Enter Cairo, and Find Every Man Happy5 min Chapter 17: The Prince Associates with Young Men of Spirit and Gaiety2 min Chapter 18: The Prince Finds a Wise and Happy Man4 min Chapter 19: A Glimpse of Pastoral Life2 min Chapter 20: The Danger of Prosperity2 min Chapter 21: The Happiness of Solitude: the Hermit’s History4 min Chapter 22: The Happiness of a Life Led According to Nature4 min Chapter 23: The Prince and His Sister Divide Between Them the Work of Observation1 min Chapter 24: The Prince Examines the Happiness of High Stations2 min Chapter 25: The Princess Pursues Her Inquiry with More Diligence Than Success3 min Chapter 26: The Princess Continues Her Remarks Upon Private Life4 min Chapter 27: Disquisition Upon Greatness3 min Chapter 28: Rasselas and Nekayah Continue Their Conversation4 min Chapter 29: The Debate on Marriage (continued)6 min Chapter 30: Imlac Enters, and Changes the Conversation4 min Chapter 31: They Visit the Pyramids3 min Chapter 32: They Enter the Pyramid2 min Chapter 33: The Princess Meets with an Unexpected Misfortune2 min Chapter 34: They Return to Cairo Without Pekuah4 min Chapter 35: The Princess Languishes for Want of Pekuah5 min Chapter 36: Pekuah Is Still Remembered. The Progress of Sorrow2 min Chapter 37: The Princess Hears News of Pekuah2 min Chapter 38: The Adventures of the Lady Pekuah6 min Chapter 39: The Adventures of Pekuah (continued)8 min Chapter 40: The History of a Man of Learning3 min Chapter 41: The Astronomer Discovers the Cause of His Uneasiness2 min Chapter 42: The Opinion of the Astronomer Is Explained and Justified3 min Chapter 43: The Astronomer Leaves Imlac His Directions2 min Chapter 44: The Dangerous Prevalence of Imagination4 min Chapter 45: They Discourse with an Old Man5 min Chapter 46: The Princess and Pekuah Visit the Astronomer8 min Chapter 47: The Prince Enters, and Brings a New Topic5 min Chapter 48: Imlac Discourses on the Nature of the Soul5 min Chapter 49: The Conclusion, in Which Nothing Is Concluded2 min