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Genji Monogatari

by Lady Murasaki Shikibu

Mythic FantasyHistorical FantasyRomantic Fantasy
Published 2013 Pages 324 ~5h Audience Adult Heat 🔥🔥🔥 Pacing Slow-burn Magic Soft
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Darkness Level 3 — Serious
Death, violence and emotional weight are present

Synopsis

The Tale of 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.

Tone

RomanticDark & SeriousMysterious

Content Warnings

sexual-contentabusesexual-assaultpsychological-trauma

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