The Tale of Genji

Murasaki Shikibu

• Publisher: Bygone Books
• Year: 2026
• Topic: Literature
• eBook ISBN:
  9791070134146
• Subtopic: Classics
• Index: Literature

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Table of contents

• Top
• The Paulownia Court
• The Broom Tree
• The Shell of the Locust
• Evening Faces
• Lavender
• The Safflower
• An Autumn Exersion
• The Festival of the Cherry Blossoms
• Heartvine
• The Sacred Tree
• The Orange Blossoms
• Suma
• Akashi
• Channel Buoys
• The Wormwood Patch
• The Gatehouse
• A Picture Contest
• The Wind in the Pines
• A Rack of Cloud
• The Morning Glory
• The Maiden
• The Jeweled Chaplet
• The First Warbler
• Butterflies
• Fireflies
• Wild Carnations
• Flares
• The Typhoon
• The Royal Outing
• Purple Trousers
• The Cypress Pillar
• A Branch of Plum
• Wisteria Leaves
• New Herbs
• New Herbs
• The Oak Tree
• The Flute
• The Bell Cricket
• Evening Mist
• The Rites
• The Wizard
• His Perfumed Highness
• The Rose Plum
• Bamboo River
• The Lady at the Bridge
• Beneath the Oak
• Trefoil Knots
• Early Ferns
• The Ivy
• The Eastern Cottage
• A Boat upon the Waters
• The Drake Fly
• The Writing Practice
• The Floating Bridge of Dreams