# The Tale of Genji

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- Book: [The Tale of Genji](https://www.bookquiver.com/murasaki-shikibu/the-tale-of-genji) ([The Tale of Genji.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/murasaki-shikibu/the-tale-of-genji.md))
- Authors: [Murasaki Shikibu](https://www.bookquiver.com/murasaki-shikibu)
- Publisher: penguin_classics
- ISBN: 978-01-4303-949-5
- Pages: 352
- Published: 2006-02-28
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

An abridged edition of the world’s first novel, in a translation that is “likely to be the definitive edition . . . for many years to come” (The Wall Street Journal) A Penguin Classic...