The Tale of Genji In 1015 the Japanese noblewoman Shikibu Murasaki wrote this work of literature, sometimes called the world's first novel or the first psychological novel. It was written and delivered in instalments to women of the aristocracy.
What was the first, and only complete, novel, published in 1788, written by 18th-century British writer, philosopher, and advocate of women's rights Mary Wollstonecraft?
Which play, and then novel, explores, through the 164-year-history of one family, a social system much criticised since the 19th century?
Sir Winston Churchill as well as being a soldier and politician was a prolific writer. Much of his writing was in the non-fiction genre, military, social and political history and analysis; which was his only full-length published novel?