B2 · 한국어
Korean short stories for B2 learners
Classic stories, retold for your level
These are classics originally written in Korean, retold for B1–B2 learners. A retelling keeps the whole plot of the original — every scene, every turn — in language pitched at your level. Every sentence has a translation into your language, and the first sentences of any story are free to type, no account needed.
B사감과 러브레터
Teacher B and the Love Letters · Hyun Jin-geon, 1925
C여학교에서 교원이면서 기숙사 사감을 맡고 있는 B여사는 깐깐하기로, 또 독신주의를 굳게 지키는 독실한 예수쟁이로 이름이 높았다.
At C Girls' School, Dormitory Supervisor B was well known for her strictness and for being a devout Christian who held firmly to her belief in celibacy.
B1–B21,461 words~44 min to typeTranslation: EN UK ES FR DE IT PT
감자
Potato · Kim Dong-in, 1925
싸움과 간통, 살인과 도둑질, 구걸과 감옥살이 — 세상에서 벌어질 수 있는 온갖 비극과 소동이 다 모여 있는 곳이 칠성문 밖 빈민굴이었다.
Fights and adultery, murder and theft, begging and imprisonment — every kind of tragedy and mayhem the world could produce was gathered in the slum outside Chilseong Gate.
B1–B21,731 words~52 min to typeTranslation: EN UK ES FR DE IT PT


