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Korean Scary Short Stories for Beginners

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From the dokkaebi who blocks the road until you beat him at wrestling to the beast of Mount Jangsan that calls you in your mother's voice, each of the 20 chapters in this book is built around a real Korean legend, written in clear everyday Korean with short sentences, a vocabulary section of 20 words, and five comprehension questions per story.

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Benefits

Real folklore, not invented monsters | every one of the 20 stories retells a legend Koreans actually grew up with, from the gumiho to the jeoseung saja in his black gat | Written for beginners | short sentences, plain past tense, heavy dialogue, so you read the plot instead of decoding it | 400 words and expressions explained | 20 per chapter, each one marked when it is distinctly Korean or tied to the folklore | 100 comprehension questions | five after every story, with the full answer key at the back | One continuous story | the 20 chapters follow a few autumn nights in one hanok in Gangwon-do, so reading them in order pays off | Vocabulary bolded in the text | the first time a listed word appears in the story it is in bold, particle attached, so you meet it the way Korean actually writes it | Printed in Noto Serif KR | real embedded Korean type, not a substituted font, so the hangul is clean on paper

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Shipping & returns

Printed on demand and shipped physically. For delivery times, returns and the EU 14-day right of withdrawal, see our store policies.

Format & details

Paperback, A5 format. Printed on demand and shipped physically.

What is inside the book

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Twenty stories, one continuous thread. Emily arrives at an old hanok in a Gangwon-do village and the grandmother tells her one legend a night. You meet the dokkaebi and his club, the gumiho with nine tails, the ghost in the white sobok, the water ghost in the reservoir, and the messenger in the black gat. Each chapter stands alone, but the house and the family carry across all twenty.

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A vocabulary section after every story, 400 words in total. Each chapter closes with 20 words and expressions taken from the story you just read, with a short English definition. The ones that are distinctly Korean or tied to the folklore carry a Reg tag, so you can tell han and jesa apart from bam and baram. The first time a listed word appears in the story, it is printed in bold with its particle attached, the way Korean is really written.

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Five comprehension questions per chapter, 100 in the book, with the answer key at the back. The questions ask what happened and why, not which word means what, so they check that you followed the story in Korean. The correct answer is spread evenly across the four options, 25 percent each, so you cannot pass by always picking b.

Who this book is for

Beginners who learned hangul and now want a real book they can actually finish in Korean.
Drama and webtoon fans who keep meeting the gumiho and the jeoseung saja and want the originals.
Readers who like folklore and horror and would rather learn from legends than from textbook dialogues.

About this book

How does the book arrive, and how long does shipping take?

This is a paperback. It is printed on demand and shipped to you physically, in A5 format with 105 pages. There is no PDF, ePub or Kindle version of this title. Printing takes a few working days before the parcel ships, and delivery time then depends on your country.

I am a beginner. Is this really readable for me?

Yes, as long as you can read hangul. The Korean is written at around A2: short sentences, plain past tense, and a lot of dialogue. Every chapter explains 20 words straight after the story, so you can read first and look up second.

Are these real Korean legends or made up horror stories?

They are real. The dokkaebi, the gumiho, the cheonyeo gwisin in her white sobok, the mulgwisin, the jeoseung saja, the eodooksini, the Jangsanbeom of Busan and the imugi are all part of Korean folklore, and so are the red beans at the gate, the paper bujeok and the shaman's gut. Several chapters also give the practical explanation behind the legend.

What if the book arrives damaged or never turns up?

Write to us and we reprint and reship it, with no need to return the damaged copy. If a parcel is lost in transit we do the same. One email to support is enough.

Quick answers

Need anything else? Email support@digitalpolyglot.com.

Where do you ship?

We ship physical books to the EU, the UK, the US, Canada, Australia and many other regions. Shipping costs are calculated at checkout based on your destination.

How long does shipping take?

Typical delivery: UK 7-8 business days, US and Germany 12-16, more remote regions longer.

Where are orders printed?

Print-on-demand from a global network of facilities across Europe, North America, the UK and Australia. Routed to the facility closest to you.