The Tale of Genji (Part One) by Murasaki Shikibu

The Tale of Genji (Part One) by Murasaki Shikibu

Written by a court lady in eleventh-century Heian Japan, this sprawling epic follows the romantic and political life of Prince Genji, offering an extraordinarily detailed window into the aesthetics, court politics and romantic conventions of Japan's imperial court a thousand years ago.

Often cited as the world's first novel, the work demonstrates remarkable psychological sophistication for its era, particularly in its treatment of its many female characters' inner lives, and remains a foundational text of Japanese and world literature studied for both its literary and historical value.

Widely considered the world's first novel, a foundational masterpiece of Japanese literature.

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