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The tale of Genji / Murasaki Shikibu ; translated from the Japanese by Edward G. Seidensticker.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Japanese Series: Everyman's library, 108Publisher: London : Everyman's Library, c1992Description: xxv, 1184 pages ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0679417389
  • 9781857151084 (hbk.)
Uniform titles:
  • Genji monogatari. English
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 895.631 SHI 23  023075
Online resources: Summary: Japanese noblewoman Murasaki Shikibu wrote The Tale of Genji in the 11th century to entertain the other women in the court. It follows the romantic exploits of the title character, an emperor's son, as he navigates life within aristocratic society and eventually outside of it. Praised for its psychological insight into the characters' motivations, the book greatly influenced Japanese culture and is widely considered the world's first novel. In 1882, Suematsu Kencho translated a condensed version of the text into English, allowing this classic tale to reach a wider audience.
List(s) this item appears in: New Collection - June 2025
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Japanese noblewoman Murasaki Shikibu wrote The Tale of Genji in the 11th century to entertain the other women in the court. It follows the romantic exploits of the title character, an emperor's son, as he navigates life within aristocratic society and eventually outside of it. Praised for its psychological insight into the characters' motivations, the book greatly influenced Japanese culture and is widely considered the world's first novel. In 1882, Suematsu Kencho translated a condensed version of the text into English, allowing this classic tale to reach a wider audience.

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