Beautiful story of
ineffably strange bishounen Prince Genji of
Japan, and his many
loves and such. Hard to characterize, but full of
poetry and
mono no aware. Probably the world's first
novel, written by
Heian courtier Lady
Murasaki Shikibu. AKA Genji Monogatari. There are also at least two lovely
manga of the same name, an illustrated version by
Amano, an
anime, and probably far more than one
film.
Oddly enough,
Project Gutenberg does not appear to have a copy of
Genji, which I find completely mystifying.