The Japanese novel The Tale of Genji was written by court lady Murasaki Shikibu around 1000.
It was first translated into English by Arthur Waley in 1925-33. It is widely thought of as the world’s first novel.
This Japanese novel was written by court lady
Murasaki Shikibu around 1000. It was first translated
Pulitzer Prize judges and trustees were divided so sharply over Thomas Pynchon’s novel Gravity’s Rainbow that for only the seventh time in Pulitzer history no award was given.
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The end of The Lady or the Tiger is not revealed. It is not revealed.
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