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Originally Posted by cmdahler
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Don Quixote is, for those who don't know, the first novel ever written,
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You mean with ink.
" The date of composition of the Metamorphoses is uncertain but is largely regarded as the first novel ever written." According to wikipedia.
You can find it at
http://www.gutenberg.net/etext/1666
It is also known with the name of The Golden Ass.
An other one maybe older is the Satyricon written by Petronius. Incomplete.
They both are a must, not for children though, as they contain licentious passages.