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This novel was dismissed as “tedious” in an 1877 book by Georges Bousquet that apparently confused it with a later work. The authorship of a chapter in this novel is questioned due to it addressing the reader directly to explain a story about two sisters playing a board game while being spied upon by the Chamberlain Lieutenant. The title of this novel’s final chapter is rendered as “The Floating Bridge of Dreams” (15[1])in a 1976 translation by Edward (15[1])(*) Seidensticker. This novel’s protagonist’s grand-nephew and grandson feud (-5[1])over the daughters of an Imperial Prince in its concluding ten chapters. The death of this novel’s protagonist is depicted in the blank chapter “Vanished into the Clouds.” For (10[1])10 points, the title “Shining Prince” is the subject of what 11th century classical Japanese novel by Lady Murasaki? ■END■

ANSWER: The Tale of Genji [or Genji monogatari; prompt on Genji]
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