Genji Monogatari (The Tale of Genji)

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By Listen TheBook Posted on May 30, 2023

In Category - Literary Fiction, Published before 1800, Sagas

Authors: Murasaki Shikibu In Year : 1900

Book Language: English

Audiobook: Genji Monogatari (The Tale of Genji)

Introduction
The Chamber of Kiri
The Broom-like Tree Part 1
The Broom-like Tree Part 2
The Broom-like Tree Part 3
Beautiful Cicada
Evening Glory Part 1
Evening Glory Part 2
Young Violet Part 1
Young Violet Part 2
Saffron Flower
Maple Fete
Flower-Feast
Hollyhock
Divine Tree
Villa of Falling Flowers
Exile at Suma
Exile at Akashi
The Beacon
Overgrown Mugwort
Barrier House
Competitive Show of Pictures

The Tale of Genji (Genji Monogatari) is a classic work of Japanese literature attributed to the Japanese noblewoman Murasaki Shikibu in the early eleventh century, around the peak of the Heian Period. It is sometimes called the world's first novel, the first modern novel, the first romance novel, or the first novel to still be considered a classic... The Genji was written for the women of the aristocracy (the yokibito) and has many elements found in a modern novel: a central character and a very large number of major and minor characters, well-developed characterization of all the major players, a sequence of events happening over a period of time covering the central character's lifetime and beyond. The work does not make use of a plot; instead, much as in real life, events just happen and characters evolve simply by growing older. One remarkable feature of the Genji, and of Murasaki's skill, is its internal consistency, despite a dramatis personae of some four hundred characters. For instance, all characters age in step and all the family and feudal relationships are consistent among all chapters. NOTE: this is a highly condensed version of the text, running to just under 200 pages, whereas the original is nearly 1000 pages long! (Summary by Wikipedia)