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Originally Posted by cmdahler
The Count of Monte Cristo
Don Quixote
Don Quixote is, for those who don't know, the first novel ever written, and it is still widely regarded as also the best ever written, encompassing almost every literary device employed in modern literature. To any student of literature, it is the one must-have in any library. All else is arguably a mere derivative of this masterpiece.
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The above is your Opinion. I know a few Japanese Literature professors who would disagree with you. I had to read Don Quixote in the original at Uni. It is good but Do we really need it to be that LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONNNGG... Just like the Tales of Genji.... good (most likely written before Don Quixote)...but too long. Helllo Editor where are you. Just like Soldier schwejk and many other classics... Canterbury Tales etc... We get it after a few hundred pages... where is the Editor....
I would Say Don Quixote is the first MODERN Novel...Not the first novel...