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The Tale of Genji

Murasaki Shikibu

101KWords
13Chapters
ENLanguage

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Edition details

Digital edition date
Aug 13, 2021
Language
English
Format
EPUB
Translated by
Arthur Waley

Book Summary

Arthur Waley's English rendering of the world's first novel—Part 1 of The Tale of Genji (Project Gutenberg).

Japanese fictionHistorical fictionCourt life -- Fiction
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