Novel · c. 1010
The Tale of Genji
Murasaki Shikibu
Aya Saleh · Ink & Ivy
Novel · c. 1010 · Japanese · Medieval
The Tale of Genji
The world's first novel: the shining prince and the women whose lives he alters.
Court romancePsychological novelDesireImpermanenceRankBeauty
Reading edition
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How to read it
Mono no aware — the pathos of things. Murasaki tracks emotional consequence across decades, giving the discarded women interiority Genji never grants them.
Chapter guide
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