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Virtuous Women - three classic Korean novels

Virtuous WomenRichard Rutt & Kim Chong-un (tr), (Royal Asiatic Society, Korea branch, 1974)

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Three traditional stories about female endurance. The classic Chunhyang, the true story of Queen Inyhon, and the Nine Cloud Dream. Each of the novels has a useful introduction. Essential and pleasurable reading.

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Post a comment — Trackback URI RSS 2.0 feed for these comments This entry (permalink) was written by Philip Gowman and published on Thursday, February 16, 2006, at 9:15 pm. Filed in Book reviews: Literature in Korean.

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