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Cover of The Tale of Genji

The Tale of Genji

✍ Scribed by Murasaki Shikibu, c. 973 – c. 1014 or 1025; Shikibu, Murasaki


Book ID
108789534
Publisher
The University of Adelaide Library
Tongue
English
Weight
2 MB
Category
Fiction

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✦ Synopsis


The Tale of Genji / Murasaki Shikibu; translated by Edward G. Seidensticker


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