The Tale of Genji - Murasaki Shikibu (1934 Houghton Mifflin Vintage hardback) female protagonist The elegance of his language

The elegance of his language and beauty of his descriptions are a glimpse into a bygone era

against a background of Roman decadence and corrupt Eastern religion

WISDOM OF CONFUCIUS assists with its 1900 stamp for the set

POEMS OF JOHN KEATS - hardcover

The Tale of Genji - Murasaki Shikibu (1934 Houghton Mifflin Vintage hardback) female protagonist The elegance of his languageCondition: Acceptable: Signs of wear and consistent use. It's a beautiful book and would be a lovely addition for a collector! See images for the condition of this book. Blurb: Written in the eleventh century, this portrait of courtly life in medieval Japan is widely celebrated as the world's first novel. The Tale of Genji is a very long romance, running to fifty four chapters and describing the court life of Heian Japan, from the tenth century into