Anyone interested in 'older' books? Like 9th century?
3 Brothers From Baghdad and Their Remarkable 9th-Century Book of Inventions
[atlasobscura.com]
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.Thank you, very good suggestion!
Now...If I may suggest "The Tale of Genji" the world's first novel, written by Murasaki Shikibu one thousand years ago in Heian Japan, which is considered the greatest work of Japanese literature. And it is available in English...
Merseyman1
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Apr 4, 2019
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That sounds interesting. I love the Japanese culture!
I've read Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded (1740) and Oroonoko: or, The Royal Slave (1688 ) which were considered novels. The Canterbury Tales (1400-ish) is a collection of stories, and The Epic of Gilgamesh is the oldest story that we know of, but that's the extent of my reading of old literature.
The Tale of Genji sounds interesting! I found a digitally scanned hand-written copy in Japanese from the Library of Congress here: [wdl.org]
And a digital copy in English from an Australian university here: [ebooks.adelaide.edu.au]
Now there's another addition to my To-Be-Read list...
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