The Diary of Lady Murasaki [Audiobook] download free by Murasaki Shikibu
- Listen audiobook: The Diary of Lady Murasaki
- Author: Murasaki Shikibu
- Release date: 1996/8/1
- Publisher: PENGUIN BOOKS LTD
- Language: English
- Genre or Collection: Poetry and Drama
- ISBN: 9780140435764
- Rating: 9.67 of 10
- Votes: 79
- Review by: Priscilla Adcock
- Review rating: 8.05 of 10
- Review Date: 2018/11/23
- Duration: 1H43M39S in 256 kbps (28.8 MB)
- Date of creation of the audiobook: 2018-07-27
- You can listen to this audiobook in formats: WMA, WavPack, Vorbis, MPEG4, MOD, WAV, FLAC, MP3 (compression RAR, ZIP, TAR.BZ2, CBR)
- Total pages original book: 144
- Includes a PDF summary of 13 pages
- Duration of the summary (audio): 9M28S (2.6 MB)
- Description or summary of the audiobook: The Diary recorded by Lady Murasaki (c. 973-c. 1020), author of The Tale of Genji, is an intimate picture of her life as tutor and companion to the young Empress Shoshi. Told in a series of vignettes, it offers revealing glimpses of the Japanese imperial palace - the auspicious birth of a prince, rivalries between the Emperor's consorts, with sharp criticism of Murasaki's fellow ladies-in-waiting and drunken courtiers, and telling remarks about the timid Empress and her powerful father, Michinaga. The Diary is also a work of great subtlety and intense personal reflection, as Murasaki makes penetrating insights into human psychology - her pragmatic observations always balanced by an exquisite and pensive melancholy.
- Other categories, genre or collection: Contemporary Fiction, Genealogy, Heraldry, Names & Honours, Autobiography: General, Medieval History, Asian History, Literary Studies: General, Biography: Royalty
- Download servers: Torrent, Hotfile, Tresorit, Cozy, Uploaded, Google Drive, Dropbox, MEGA. Compressed in RAR, ZIP, TAR.BZ2, CBR
- Format: Paperback
- Approximate value: 9.79 USD
- Dimensions: 129x198x8mm
- Weight: 112g
- Printed by: PENGUIN CLASSICS
- Published in: London, United Kingdom
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