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...English translator, contains some remarkable writing. It is considered to be the world's first psychological novel and one of the most distinguished masterpieces of Japanese literature. Aside from the novel, Murasaki Shikibu left a collection of her poetry and a fragmentary diary. She last appears in a record dating from 1013, and her date of death is unknown. Find out...

...English Philistines, French Sophisticates How a British King's art collection became a French King's art collection. Subversive classicism How French sculptor, Puget, nearly lost his head with his representation of Louis XIV. Open museum Pierre Rosenberg, Director of the Louvre, on the original idea that the museum must reflect art history and be open to everyone. Ruined...