{"id":15171,"date":"2022-05-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-04T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistoryrevealed\/?p=15171&preview=true&preview_id=15171"},"modified":"2022-05-16T10:29:18","modified_gmt":"2022-05-16T08:29:18","slug":"what-was-the-worlds-first-novel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistoryrevealed\/2022\/05\/05\/what-was-the-worlds-first-novel\/","title":{"rendered":"What was the world\u2019s first novel?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Q&A<\/span><\/h4>\n\n

What was the world\u2019s first novel?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n
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A NOVEL ACHIEVEMENT<\/strong> Murasaki Shikibu depicted inside the Ishiyama-dera Temple in \u014ctsu, where she began penning her masterpiece<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n
\u2022 <\/span>SHORT ANSWER<\/span><\/h5>\n\n

It somewhat depends on what defines a novel, but The Tale of Genji <\/em>has it all<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n

\u2022 <\/span>LONG ANSWER<\/span><\/h5>\n\n

The most common answer to this question is The Tale of Genji<\/em>, by Murasaki Shikibu, an epic piece of Japanese literature written in the early 11th century. Of course, written stories pre-date that \u2013 other historic titles that are commonly mentioned include the first-century AD Greek tale Callirhoe<\/em> or the Roman story from the second century AD delightfully called The Golden Ass<\/em> \u2013 but in terms of what is understood by the modern novel, Genji<\/em> clinches it.<\/p>\n\n

It tells the life and romances of Genji, a disowned son of an emperor with a Casanova-like reputation, while depicting Japanese aristocratic society in elaborate detail. What makes the novel even more groundbreaking is that it was penned by a female author (in a script only used by the women of the court), and was a sensation at a time when prose was not regarded as highly as poetry. Shikibu\u2019s magnum opus would not be translated into English until the 20th century, when versions would reach around 1,300 pages. <\/p>\n\n

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3 MILLION<\/span><\/h4>\n\n

The estimated number of shipwrecks on the ocean floor. Less than one per cent have been discovered and explored.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

PICTURE CREDIT: GETTY<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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