Greenroom

Matron B and the Love Letters

Hyun Jin-geon, 1925 · Original title: B사감과 러브레터

Matron B, who runs the dormitory of C Girls' School, is famous for hating love letters and for interrogating any student who receives one. One autumn night, three boarders are woken by strange whispers of a man and a woman somewhere in the strictly guarded dormitory, and they set out to find where the voices are coming from.

the gap between public strictness and private longingrepressed human desiresatire that turns into pity

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  • B사감 Matron B The fearsome matron of C Girls' School, who treats every love letter like a crime. Main character Appears in part 1
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