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Murasaki Shikibu is the best known writer to emerge from Japan's glorious Heian period. Her novel, The Tale of Genji (Genji-monogatari) is considered to be one of the world's finest and earliest novels. Some argue that Murasaki is the world's first modern novelist.
Charles John Huffam Dickens (/ËtÊÉrlz ËdÉªkÉªnz/ ; 7 February 1812 â 9 June 1870) was an English writer and social critic.is 1859 novel, A Tale of Two Cities, set in London and Paris, is his best-known work of historical fiction. Dickens's creative genius has been praised by fellow writersâfrom Leo Tolstoy to George Orwell and G. K. Chesterton âfor its realism, comedy, prose style, unique characterisations, and social criticism.