Printed/Published Work
Korean(한국어)
가실
- Original Title
- 가실
- Title Romanization
- Gasil
- English Title(Printed)
- Gasil
- Classification
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KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 20th century > 1910-1945
- Author
- Yi Kwang-Su
- Co-Author
- -
- Published Year
- 1923
- Publisher
- -
- ISBN
- -
- Main Characters
- Gasil
- Subject/Theme
- Sincerity, pure love
- Yi Kwang-Su
- Birth : 1892 ~ 1950
- Occupation : Novelist
- First Name : Kwang-Su
- Family Name : Yi
- Korean Name : 이광수
- ISNI : 0000000110594496
- Works : 43
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Plot
At the end of the Silla dynasty, the main character, Gasil, is conscripted into the Silla army on behalf of the father of his beloved, and becomes a prisoner of war while fighting the Goguryeo army. After a long period of labor and imprisonment, Gasil comes to live in an old man's house in Goguryeo. The old man wants to marry his daughter Gasil, but Gasil cannot forget his lover he left behind in Silla. In the end, he leaves for Silla, promising to return to the old man’s house if his beloved in Silla is married.
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