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Data.No. | 627 |
Title
Annotation | The Waiting Wife(Fragrance of Spring)
paperback, 8 vo.251 pages. first edition.The story is the impossible love between I-Toreng, the son of a rich mandarin, and Tchoun Hyang , a poor - but nice and beautifull - girl, from Nam Won in the Southern part of KOREA. The novel criticises the weight of traditions and, at the end, the political system of that time. But there is a Happy End. The novel also glorifies the fidelity of Tchoun Hyang.The novel was written by an anonymous Korean writer of Chosen Dynasty.
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Author | Translator: Chai Hong Sim |
Publisher | International Cultural Association of Korea,Seoul |
Pub.Year(s) | 1950 |
Language | English |
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