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ZIFA
Joined: 23 Feb 2011
Location: Dici che il fiume..Trova la via al mare
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schwa
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
Location: Yap
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Fascinating, yes! Thanks for the link, surprised I've never heard of this book before.
What astonishes me is this woman's command of so many fields of study & the sheer amount of information she was able to discover & record in what must have been damnably difficult traveling circumstances. She writes well too.
We come here now on well-trodden paths & even with the all the info on the internet at our fingertips I dont think anyone here could come anywhere close to outblogging her. I'm in awe. |
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bluelake
Joined: 01 Dec 2005
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Yup, I read it (both vol. I and II). I even have two original volumes, which, years ago, I had students scan and run through an OCR (optical character recognition) program; I have clearance to put them up on Project Gutenberg, but never got around to it. Although there are some errors in it (both from the OCR program and student proofreading), you can see vol. 1 in its originality, including the graphics placed along with the text at http://www.shinmiyangyo.org/IBB1.doc I had students do vol. 2, also, but I never put it into a single file.
The interesting thing about the books is that when you read them, you find that, in many ways, Koreans haven't changed much in over a century. You will also notice a very interesting style of romanization, which takes a bit of getting used to. |
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ZIFA
Joined: 23 Feb 2011
Location: Dici che il fiume..Trova la via al mare
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| Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2011 6:11 am Post subject: |
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| schwa wrote: |
| I dont think anyone here could come anywhere close to outblogging her. I'm in awe. |
Yeah, she kinda strikes me as the original lifetime backpacker, the forerunner of a certain lifestyle...
Notice she travelled only a few miles per day by rowing boat and endured rather more intense curiosity than happens to expats in Korea nowadays.
I had a chuckle at this pasage:
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Just below a long and dangerous rapid we stopped to dine, and though the place seemed quite solitary, a crowd soon gathered, and sat on the adjacent stones talking noisily, trying to get into the boat, lifting the mats, discussing whether it were polite to watch people at dinner, some taking one side and some another, those who were half tipsy taking
the affirmative. Some said that they had got news from several miles below that this great sight was coming up the river, and it was a shame to deprive them of it by keeping the curtains down. After a good deal of obstreperousness, mainly the result of wine, a man overbalanced himself and fell into the river, which raised a laugh, and then they followed us good- naturedly up the rapid, one man helping to track, and asking as his reward that his wife might see me, on which I exhibited myself on the bow of the boat. |
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| you find that, in many ways, Koreans haven't changed much in over a century. |
Absolutely. Theres a lot in there that is recogniseable 110 years later, e.g in the behavior and mannerisms described.
What is also interesting is the picture of Japanese occupation at the time, which seems rather more pleasant and productive than the how it is portrayed in Korean politics today. |
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Squire
Joined: 26 Sep 2010
Location: Jeollanam-do
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| Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2011 9:42 pm Post subject: |
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This looks very interesting. I look forward to reading, thanks for sharing
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July, August, and sometimes the
first half of September, are hot and rainy, but the heat is so
tempered by sea breezes that exercise is always possible. |
Damn. What happened to that? |
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