How long does it take to read Korean Folk Tales: Imps, Ghosts and Fairies?
Pang Im, James Scarth Gale, Yuk Yi
Korean Folk Tales: Imps, Ghosts and Fairies by Pang Im, James Scarth Gale, Yuk Yi takes about 4 hours 16 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 16 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1913. 233 pages, about 64,075 words.
9 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 7 hours 7 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 16 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 40 minutes |
The page count is the median across 15 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Just over half a century ago—in 1911, to be exact—James S. Gale had the good fortune to acquire an old manuscript copy of the stories of Im Bang, one of Korea's greatest tellers of tales. During the same year there appeared a reprint of old Korean writings that contained a number of stories by Yi Ryuk, another famous recorder of Korean legends. From these two collections, with the addition of three anonymous tales from other sources, Mr. Gale created the skillful translations that make up Korean Folk Tales: Imps, Ghosts, and Fairies. First published in 1913 but regrettably long out of print, this fascinating little volume is now made available once again for the enjoyment of all who love an ancient tale, particularly if the setting is an exotic one. Of the legends collected here, Mr. Gale has this to say in his preface: “To anyone who would like to look somewhat into the inner soul of the Oriental, and see the peculiar spiritual existences among which he lives, the … stories will serve as true interpreters, born as they are of the three great religions of the Far East, Taoism, Buddhism and Confucianism.” The stories of Im Bang, in particular, he offers to the Western world “that they may serve as introductory essays to the mysteries and, what many call, absurdities of Asia. Very gruesome indeed, and uhlovely, some of them are, but they picture faithfully the conditions under which Im Bang himself, and many past generations of Koreans, have lived.”
Subjects: Folklore, Tales, Folklore, korea
