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"The tale of Genji" by Murasaki Shikibu is a classic work of Japanese literature written in the early 11th century. Often considered the world's first novel, it depicts the lives of high courtiers during the Heian period. The story follows Hikaru Genji, the emperor's son demoted to commoner status, through his romantic encounters and later years. The narrative continues with his descendants, weaving together hundreds of characters across multiple generations in this monumental work of court life and forbidden love. (This is an automatically generated summary.) ... Read more Show less

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Author	Murasaki Shikibu, 978?-
Translator	Waley, Arthur, 1889-1966
LoC No.	25026899
Title	The tale of Genji
Note	Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tale_of_Genji
Note	Part 2 of this translation is published under title: The sacred tree; part 3 under title: A wreath of cloud: part 4 under title: Blue trousers: part 5 under title: The lady of the boat: part 6 under title: The bridge of dreams.
Note	Translation of nine chapters.
Credits	Ronald Grenier (This file was produced from images generously made available by Google Books/Stanford University Libraries.)
Reading Level	Reading ease score: 75.1 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Language	English
LoC Class	PL: Language and Literatures: Languages and literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania
Subject	Psychological fiction
Subject	Man-woman relationships -- Fiction
Subject	Romance fiction
Subject	Japan -- Court and courtiers -- Fiction
Subject	Japanese fiction -- To 1600 -- Translations into English
Subject	Japan -- Social life and customs -- To 1600 -- Fiction
Subject	Aristocracy (Social class) -- Japan -- Fiction
Subject	Princes -- Japan -- Fiction
Subject	Hikaru Genji (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
Category	Text
eBook-No.	66057
ISBN (HTML)	979-8-238-66057-8
Release Date	Aug 13, 2021
Last Update	Oct 18, 2024
Copyright	Public domain in the USA.
Downloads	4786 downloads in the last 30 days.

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