Genji Monogatari

Name: Genji Monogatari
Rating: 4.199999809265137 (5 reviews)

Lady Murasaki Shikibu

Jan 2013 · Simon and Schuster

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The Tale of Genji Monogatari is a classic work of Japanese literature attributed to the Japanese noblewoman Murasaki Shikibu in the early eleventh century, around the peak of the Heian Period. It is sometimes called the world's first novel, the first modern novel.

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4.2

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Na Ap

4 March 2023

The first 1/4 of The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu. The first novel ever written - a story written down more than a thousand years ago.

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