Johnson’s Rasselas

A State of Infelicity: Is Anybody Happy Here?

Who                                                            Evidence in text

Prince Rasselas, Princess Nekaya            775

Imlac                                                          782, 786

Europeans                                                 788

The Young                                                794

The Old                                                      826

Stoic Philosophers                                    796

shepherds                                                   797

the rich                                                       798

the poor                                                     803

isolated hermits                                           799

Deists                                                         800-1

High Courtiers                                          802

Low Private Citizens                                802-3

Families with children                              803

Single unmarrieds                                     804

Married couples                                       807-8

Mad Scientists                                           823-4

Monks                                                        830