Heroes, heroines, romance and pathos: the ttakchibon collection at SOAS Library
By Irene Tortorella, Korean Language Cataloguer Once upon a time there was in Korea a genre of popular fiction called yukchŏn sosŏl (novels at the price of 6 chŏn) that attracted readers from every social class. The introduction of the movable type printing press technology from the West lead to a mass-production of cheap and easy-to-carry novels that spread from the late 19th century on. In light of the growth