Genji monogatari vs The Illustrious Prince: Which Should You Read?

Genji monogatari Murasaki Shikibu · 1900 ★★★★☆ 3.7 224 pages · ≈ 4 h 09 m · Challenging

The most famous work of Japanese literature and the world's first novel—written a thousand years ago and one of the enduring classics of world literature. Written centuries before the time of Shakespeare and even…

The Illustrious Prince Edward Phillips Oppenheim · 1910 ★★★★☆ 3.7 126 pages · ≈ 2 h 20 m · Challenging

There was a little murmur of regret amongst the five hundred and eighty-seven saloon passengers on board the steamship Lusitania, mingled, perhaps, with a few expressions of a more violent character. After several hours…