Sample Sentences forTale of Genji (editor-reviewed)
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For her world literature project, she analyzed The Tale of Genji to show how courtly life in Japan circa 1000 shaped the characters’ choices.Tale of Genji = Japanese romance widely considered to have been the first novel ever written due to its psychological depth (early eleventh century)
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That exotic character unfortunately comes out a little too stark and unforgiving in photographs—her freckles covered with makeup, her hair pulled back in a ponytail at the nape of her neck like some nobleman in The Tale of Genji — and what doesn't come across at all is her warmth, her merry, unpredictable quality, which is what I loved about her most. (source)Tale of Genji = Japanese romance widely considered to have been the first novel ever written due to its psychological depth
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I didn't want to raise the subject at first, and so for a time we chatted about the upcoming Festival of the Ages, in which Mameha was scheduled to portray Lady Murasaki Shikibu, author of The Tale of Genji. (source)
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They all take from and in return give to the same story... Norse sagas, Samoan creation stories, Gravity's Rainbow, The Tale of Genji, Hamlet, last year's graduation speech, last week's Dave Barry column, On the Road and Road to Rio and The Road Not Taken.
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