According to many historians, the first prose fiction novel is
a. For Whom the Bell Tolls
b. Don Quixote
c. The Tale of Genji
d. The Iliad
e. Gilgamesh
Answer is c. (The Tale of Genji The Tale of Genji is a classic work of Japanese literature attributed to the Japanese noblewoman Murasaki Shikibu in the early 11th century, around the peak of the Heian period. It is sometimes called the world's first novel.)
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