The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu

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The Tale of Genji

Murasaki Shikibu

1327 pages 1001

81 editions

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The Tale of Genji was written in the eleventh century by Murasaki Shikibu, a lady of the Heian court. It is universally recognized as the greatest masterpiece of Japanese prose narrative, perhaps the earliest true novel in the history of the world...

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