Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia
Start Publishing LLC · Print & ebook · December 17, 2012
A Classics pick for readers exploring Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia.
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- Who it’s for
- A vivid Australian classic, with longing set against the harsh outback plains.
- Genres
- The Classics, Satire
- Published
- Start Publishing LLC, December 17, 2012
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Start with this bookAbout this book
There's something wild in this ''picture of a young girl hungering for life and love in the harsh outback plains of New South Wales''. Banned by the author herself until ten years after her death in 1954, this vivid Australian classic was originally published in Edinburgh.
Longing and Landscape
A vivid Australian classic, with longing set against the harsh outback plains.
Come here for
- A young woman’s hunger for life and love
- The stark pull of the New South Wales outback
Expect
- A serious, unsentimental atmosphere
- A book first published in Edinburgh
Where it sits
| The Classics | 83% |
|---|---|
| Satire | 32% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Coming-of-Age
- Authors
- Samuel Johnson
- Publisher
- Start Publishing LLC
- Published
- December 17, 2012
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Coming-of-Age