The Tale of Genji

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Written in the eleventh century, this portrait of courtly life in medieval Japan is widely celebrated as the world's first novel. The Tale of Genji is a very long romance, running to fifty-four chapters and describing the court life of Heian Japan, from the tenth century into the eleventh.

Author: Murasaki Shikibu 

Publisher: Penguin

Released Date: 2003

ISBN: 9780142437148