
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