콩쥐팥쥐전 The Story of Kongjwi and Patjwi

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Another 다락원 graded reader, this one at the A2 level. The same system is used, with the little grammar bubbles in the text as well as some tips that are needed to understand some complex vocab (i.e. vocab from the Joseph dynasty). There's also some vocab at the bottom of every page, and it's generally pretty well chosen. While this story being Cinderella like makes it slightly less interesting, the audiobook more than makes up for it. They really went overboard with the voice acting for certain characters, and it just so happens that those characters mostly show up at the beginning of the story (which would otherwise be less interesting because it's so similar to Cinderella). The ending is also very different and unexpected, which is nice. Difficulty wise, vocab is relatively simple (apart from the vocab that's translated in the book), and the grammar points used remain within TOPIK I level. The sentences however can get a little longer and thus more complex, with several grammar points being used in the same sentence. That being said, it is still very much targeted towards beginners.