Rasselas
Samuel Johnson
This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.
There' 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,...
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Samuel Johnson
Digital Voice Martin G
Start Publishing LLC
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This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice. There' 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. Duration - 3h 35m. Author - Samuel Johnson. Narrator - Digital Voice Martin G. Published Date - Thursday, 22 January 2026. Copyright - © 1835 Start Publishing LLC ©.
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English
Chapter I - Description of a Palace in a Valley
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Chapter II - the Discontent of Rasselas in the Happy Valley
Duration:00:04:53
Chapter III - the Wants of Him That Wants Nothing
Duration:00:02:58
Chapter IV - the Prince Continues to Grieve and Muse
Duration:00:06:11
Chapter V - the Prince Meditates His Escape
Duration:00:02:16
Chapter VI - a Dissertation on the Art of Flying
Duration:00:06:47
Chapter VII - the Prince Finds a Man of Learning
Duration:00:02:21
Chapter VIII - the History of Imlac
Duration:00:06:16
Chapter IX - the History of Imlac (Continued)
Duration:00:04:54
Chapter X - Imlac’s History (Continued) - a Dissertation upon Poetry
Duration:00:05:23
Chapter XI - Imlac’s Narrative (Continued) - a Hint of Pilgrimage
Duration:00:05:59
Chapter XII - the Story of Imlac (Continued)
Duration:00:07:52
Chapter XIII - Rasselas Discovers the Means of Escape
Duration:00:03:47
Chapter XIV - Rasselas and Imlac Receive an Unexpected Visit
Duration:00:02:26
Chapter XV - the Prince and Princess Leave the Valley, and See Many Wonders
Duration:00:03:21
Chapter XVI - They Enter Cairo, and Find Every Man Happy
Duration:00:05:40
Chapter XVII - the Prince Associates with Young Men of Spirit and Gaiety
Duration:00:02:26
Chapter XVIII - the Prince Finds a Wise and Happy Man
Duration:00:04:39
Chapter XIX - a Glimpse of Pastoral Life
Duration:00:02:07
Chapter XX - the Danger of Prosperity
Duration:00:02:50
Chapter XXI - the Happiness of Solitude - the Hermit’s History
Duration:00:04:37
Chapter XXII - the Happiness of a Life Led According to Nature
Duration:00:04:39
Chapter XXIII - the Prince and His Sister Divide Between Them the Work of Observation
Duration:00:01:27
Chapter XXIV - the Prince Examines the Happiness of High Stations
Duration:00:02:19
Chapter XXV - the Princess Pursues Her Inquiry with More Diligence than Success
Duration:00:03:34
Chapter XXVI - the Princess Continues Her Remarks upon Private Life
Duration:00:04:53
Chapter XXVII - Disquisition upon Greatness
Duration:00:03:55
Chapter XXVIII - Rasselas and Nekayah Continue Their Conversation
Duration:00:04:56
Chapter XXIX - the Debate on Marriage (Continued)
Duration:00:06:35
Chapter XXX - Imlac Enters, and Changes the Conversation
Duration:00:04:52
Chapter XXXI - They Visit the Pyramids
Duration:00:03:47
Chapter XXXII - They Enter the Pyramid
Duration:00:02:26
Chapter XXXIII - the Princess Meets with an Unexpected Misfortune
Duration:00:01:53
Chapter XXXIV - They Return to Cairo Without Pekuah
Duration:00:04:52
Chapter XXXV - the Princess Languishes for Want of Pekuah
Duration:00:06:20
Chapter XXXVI - Pekuah Is Still Remembered. The Progress of Sorrow
Duration:00:01:56
Chapter XXXVII - the Princess Hears News of Pekuah
Duration:00:02:47
Chapter XXXVIII - the Adventures of the Lady Pekuah
Duration:00:07:00
Chapter XXXIX - the Adventures of Pekuah (Continued)
Duration:00:09:21
Chapter XL - the History of a Man of Learning
Duration:00:03:41
Chapter XLI - the Astronomer Discovers the Cause of His Uneasiness
Duration:00:01:58
Chapter XLII - the Opinion of the Astronomer Is Explained and Justified
Duration:00:03:02
Chapter XLIII - the Astronomer Leaves Imlac His Directions
Duration:00:02:24
Chapter XLIV - the Dangerous Prevalence of Imagination
Duration:00:04:27
Chapter XLV - They Discourse with an Old Man
Duration:00:05:22
Chapter XLVI - the Princess and Pekuah Visit the Astronomer
Duration:00:09:45
Chapter XLVII - the Prince Enters, and Brings a New Topic
Duration:00:06:15
Chapter XLVIII - Imlac Discourses on the Nature of the Soul
Duration:00:06:43
Chapter XLIX - the Conclusion, in Which Nothing Is Concluded
Duration:00:01:53