• 导读
  • 这本书对后世产生了深远的影响,频频出现在各种文学作品中,包括《简爱》《小妇人》《米德尔马契》等等。据说作者写作此书只用了一个星期,是为了支付母亲葬礼的费用。

  • 内容简介
  • 这是一部脍炙人口的探索人生问题的小说或东方传奇故事。此书原名《生活的选择》,讲述了一个年轻王子在漫游中探寻幸福的故事。作者深刻的思想使得此书成为一本值得一读再读的经典之作。

  • 作者简介
  • 约翰生(Samuel Johnson,1709-1784),英国十八世纪著名诗人、散文学、批评家和词典编撰家。《拉塞拉斯》是他唯一的小说创作,以思想敏锐、构思精巧,笔力雄健、文词优美著称,在约翰生时代便广为流传,至今仍然是西方经典之文学作品之一。

  • 目录
    • INTRODUCTION
    • CHAPTER I DESCRIPTION OF A PALACE IN A VALLEY
    • CHAPTER II THE DISCONTENT OF RASSELAS IN THE HAPPY VALLEY
    • CHAPTER III THE WANTS OF HIM THAT WANTS NOTHING
    • CHAPTER IV THE PRINCE CONTINUES TO GRIEVE AND MUSE
    • CHAPTER V THE PRINCE MEDITATES HIS ESCAPE
    • CHAPTER VI A DISSERTATION ON THE ART OF FLYING
    • CHAPTER VII THE PRINCE FINDS A MAN OF LEARNING
    • CHAPTER VIII THE HISTORY OF IMLAC
    • CHAPTER IX THE HISTORY OF IMLAC (continued)
    • CHAPTER X IMLAC’S HISTORY (continued)—A DISSERTATION UPON POETRY
    • CHAPTER XI IMLAC’S NARRATIVE (continued)—A HINT OF PILGRIMAGE
    • CHAPTER XII THE STORY OF IMLAC (continued)
    • CHAPTER XIII RASSELAS DISCOVERS THE MEANS OF ESCAPE
    • CHAPTER XIV RASSELAS AND IMLAC RECEIVE AN UNEXPECTED VISIT
    • CHAPTER XV THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS LEAVE THE VALLEY, AND SEE MANY WONDERS
    • CHAPTER XVI THEY ENTER CAIRO, AND FIND EVERY MAN HAPPY
    • CHAPTER XVII THE PRINCE ASSOCIATES WITH YOUNG MEN OF SPIRIT AND GAIETY
    • CHAPTER XVIII THE PRINCE FINDS A WISE AND HAPPY MAN
    • CHAPTER XIX A GLIMPSE OF PASTORAL LIFE
    • CHAPTER XX THE DANGER OF PROSPERITY
    • CHAPTER XXI THE HAPPINESS OF SOLITUDE—THE HERMIT’S HISTORY
    • CHAPTER XXII THE HAPPINESS OF A LIFE LED ACCORDING TO NATURE
    • CHAPTER XXIII THE PRINCE AND HIS SISTER DIVIDE BETWEEN THEM THE WORK OF OBSERVATION
    • CHAPTER XXIV THE PRINCE EXAMINES THE HAPPINESS OF HIGH STATIONS
    • CHAPTER XXV THE PRINCESS PURSUES HER INQUIRY WITH MORE DILIGENCE THAN SUCCESS
    • CHAPTER XXVI THE PRINCESS CONTINUES HER REMARKS UPON PRIVATE LIFE
    • CHAPTER XXVII DISQUISITION UPON GREATNESS
    • CHAPTER XXVIII RASSELAS AND NEKAYAH CONTINUE THEIR CONVERSATION
    • CHAPTER XXIX THE DEBATE ON MARRIAGE (continued)
    • CHAPTER XXX IMLAC ENTERS, AND CHANGES THE CONVERSATION
    • CHAPTER XXXI THEY VISIT THE PYRAMIDS
    • CHAPTER XXXII THEY ENTER THE PYRAMID
    • CHAPTER XXXIII THE PRINCESS MEETS WITH AN UNEXPECTED MISFORTUNE
    • CHAPTER XXXIV THEY RETURN TO CAIRO WITHOUT PEKUAH
    • CHAPTER XXXV THE PRINCESS LANGUISHES FOR WANT OF PEKUAH
    • CHAPTER XXXVI PEKUAH IS STILL REMEMBERED. THE PROGRESS OF SORROW
    • CHAPTER XXXVII THE PRINCESS HEARS NEWS OF PEKUAH
    • CHAPTER XXXVIII THE ADVENTURES OF THE LADY PEKUAH
    • CHAPTER XXXIX THE ADVENTURES OF PEKUAH (continued)
    • CHAPTER XL THE HISTORY OF A MAN OF LEARNING
    • CHAPTER XLI THE ASTRONOMER DISCOVERS THE CAUSE OF HIS UNEASINESS
    • CHAPTER XLII THE OPINION OF THE ASTRONOMER IS EXPLAINED AND JUSTIFIED
    • CHAPTER XLIII THE ASTRONOMER LEAVES IMLAC HIS DIRECTIONS
    • CHAPTER XLIV THE DANGEROUS PREVALENCE OF IMAGINATION
    • CHAPTER XLV THEY DISCOURSE WITH AN OLD MAN
    • CHAPTER XLVI THE PRINCESS AND PEKUAH VISIT THE ASTRONOMER
    • CHAPTER XLVII THE PRINCE ENTERS, AND BRINGS A NEW TOPIC
    • CHAPTER XLVIII IMLAC DISCOURSES ON THE NATURE OF THE SOUL
    • CHAPTER XLIX THE CONCLUSION, IN WHICH NOTHING IS CONCLUDED
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