Shorter novels, vol. 3
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- Eighteenth century
Samuel Johnson and William Beckford and Horace Walpole
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1. Front matter2. SHORTER NOVELS EIGHTEENTH CENTURY RASSELAS—THE CASTLE OF OTRANTO—VATHEK3. INTRODUCTION4. THE HISTORY OF RASSELAS PRINCE OF ABYSSINIA BY DOCTOR JOHNSON5. CHAPTER I DESCRIPTION OF A PALACE IN A VALLEY6. CHAPTER II THE DISCONTENT OF RASSELAS IN THE HAPPY VALLEY7. CHAPTER III THE WANTS OF HIM THAT WANTS NOTHING8. CHAPTER IV THE PRINCE CONTINUES TO GRIEVE AND MUSE9. CHAPTER V THE PRINCE MEDITATES HIS ESCAPE10. CHAPTER VI A DISSERTATION ON THE ART OF FLYING11. CHAPTER VII THE PRINCE FINDS A MAN OF LEARNING12. CHAPTER VIII THE HISTORY OF IMLAC13. CHAPTER IX THE HISTORY OF IMLAC CONTINUED14. CHAPTER X IMLAC’S HISTORY CONTINUED. A DISSERTATION UPON POETRY15. CHAPTER XI IMLAC’S NARRATIVE CONTINUED. A HINT ON PILGRIMAGE16. CHAPTER XII THE STORY OF IMLAC CONTINUED17. CHAPTER XIII RASSELAS DISCOVERS THE MEANS OF ESCAPE18. CHAPTER XIV RASSELAS AND IMLAC RECEIVE AN UNEXPECTED VISIT19. CHAPTER XV THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS LEAVE THE VALLEY, AND SEE MANY WONDERS20. CHAPTER XVI THEY ENTER CAIRO, AND FIND EVERY MAN HAPPY21. CHAPTER XVII THE PRINCE ASSOCIATES WITH YOUNG MEN OF SPIRIT AND GAIETY22. CHAPTER XVIII THE PRINCE FINDS A WISE AND HAPPY MAN23. CHAPTER XIX A GLIMPSE OF PASTORAL LIFE24. CHAPTER XX THE DANGER OF PROSPERITY25. CHAPTER XXI THE HAPPINESS OF SOLITUDE. THE HERMIT’S HISTORY26. CHAPTER XXII THE HAPPINESS OF A LIFE LED ACCORDING TO NATURE27. CHAPTER XXIII THE PRINCE AND HIS SISTER DIVIDE BETWEEN THEM THE WORK OF OBSERVATION28. CHAPTER XXIV THE PRINCE EXAMINES THE HAPPINESS OF HIGH STATIONS29. CHAPTER XXV THE PRINCESS PURSUES HER INQUIRY WITH MORE DILIGENCE THAN SUCCESS30. CHAPTER XXVI THE PRINCESS CONTINUES HER REMARKS UPON PRIVATE LIFE31. CHAPTER XXVII DISQUISITION UPON GREATNESS32. CHAPTER XXVIII RASSELAS AND NEKAYAH CONTINUE THEIR CONVERSATION33. CHAPTER XXIX THE DEBATE OF MARRIAGE CONTINUED34. CHAPTER XXX IMLAC ENTERS AND CHANGES THE CONVERSATION35. CHAPTER XXXI THEY VISIT THE PYRAMIDS36. CHAPTER XXXII THEY ENTER THE PYRAMID37. CHAPTER XXXIII THE PRINCESS MEETS WITH AN UNEXPECTED MISFORTUNE38. CHAPTER XXXIV THEY RETURN TO CAIRO WITHOUT PEKUAH39. CHAPTER XXXV THE PRINCESS LANGUISHES FOR WANT OF PEKUAH40. CHAPTER XXXVI PEKUAH IS STILL REMEMBERED. THE PROGRESS OF SORROW41. CHAPTER XXXVII THE PRINCESS HEARS NEWS OF PEKUAH42. CHAPTER XXXVIII THE ADVENTURES OF THE LADY PEKUAH43. CHAPTER XXXIX THE ADVENTURES OF PEKUAH CONTINUED44. CHAPTER XL THE HISTORY OF A MAN OF LEARNING45. CHAPTER XLI THE ASTRONOMER DISCOVERS THE CAUSE OF HIS UNEASINESS46. CHAPTER XLII THE OPINION OF THE ASTRONOMER IS EXPLAINED AND JUSTIFIED47. CHAPTER XLIII THE ASTRONOMER LEAVES IMLAC HIS DIRECTIONS48. CHAPTER XLIV THE DANGEROUS PREVALENCE OF IMAGINATION49. CHAPTER XLV THEY DISCOURSE WITH AN OLD MAN50. CHAPTER XLVI THE PRINCESS AND PEKUAH VISIT THE ASTRONOMER51. CHAPTER XLVII THE PRINCE ENTERS, AND BRINGS A NEW TOPIC52. CHAPTER XLVIII IMLAC DISCOURSES ON THE NATURE OF THE SOUL53. CHAPTER XLIX THE CONCLUSION, IN WHICH NOTHING IS CONCLUDED54. THE CASTLE OF OTRANTO: A GOTHIC STORY BY HORACE WALPOLE, EARL OF ORFORD55. CHAPTER I56. CHAPTER II57. CHAPTER III58. CHAPTER IV59. CHAPTER V60. VATHEK: AN ARABIAN TALE BY WILLIAM BECKFORD61. VATHEK: AN ARABIAN TALE BY WILLIAM BECKFORD (continued 2)62. VATHEK: AN ARABIAN TALE BY WILLIAM BECKFORD (continued 3)