early novels
Don Quixote
El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha
Miguel de Cervantes · Spanish, Neo-Latin · 1605
Dream of the Red Chamber
紅樓夢
Cao Xueqin · Classical Vernacular Chinese · 1792
The Fifth and Last Book of the Heroic Deeds and Sayings of the Good Pantagruel
Le cinquiesme et dernier livre des faicts et dicts héroïques du bon Pantagruel
François Rabelais · Middle French · 1564
The Fourth Book of the Heroic Deeds and Sayings of the Good Pantagruel
Le quart livre des faicts et dicts héroïques du bon Pantagruel
François Rabelais · Middle French · 1552
Gargantua
Gargantua
François Rabelais · Middle French · 1534
The Golden Ass
Metamorphoses (Asinus aureus)
Apuleius · Classical Latin · 180
Jin Yun Qiao
金雲翹
Qingxin Cairen · Classical Vernacular Chinese · 1650
The Life of Lazarillo de Tormes and of His Fortunes and Adversities
La vida de Lazarillo de Tormes y de sus fortunas y adversidades
Unknown · Spanish, Neo-Latin · 1554
Pantagruel
Pantagruel
François Rabelais · Middle French · 1532
The Swindler
El Buscón
Francisco de Quevedo · Spanish, Neo-Latin · 1626
The Tale of Genji
源氏物語
Murasaki Shikibu · Classical Japanese · 1021