Greenroom

Spring, Spring

Kim Yu-jeong, 1935 · Original title: 봄봄

A young farmhand has worked for nearly four years without pay, on the promise that he will marry the farmer's daughter Jeomsun once she has 'grown enough.' Every time he asks about the wedding, his father-in-law-to-be points at her height. One spring, his patience finally starts to crack.

comic conflict between a naive son-in-law and a crafty father-in-lawexploitation hidden behind a marriage promisethe power of the landlord's agent in a farming village

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Public domain: the author died in 1937 and the work was published in 1935, so its copyright has ended in Korea, the US and the EU. Everything written here is our own; no translation is copied.

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  • 나(데릴사위) I (the live-in son-in-law) A big, hardworking, slightly naive farmhand who just wants his wedding day. Main character Appears in part 1
  • 장인(봉필) Father-in-law Bongpil The landlord's agent nicknamed 'Yokpil' for his cursing, master of the endless excuse. Main character Appears in part 1
  • 점순이 Jeomsun The farmer's quick, outspoken second daughter, and the narrator's promised bride. Main character Appears in part 1
  • 구장 The Village Head First appears in part 2. Read up to part 1 to meet them without spoilers.
  • 뭉태 Mungtae First appears in part 2. Read up to part 1 to meet them without spoilers.

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