Hong Gildong jeon

English-language translations

  • The Story of Hong Gildong, translated by Minsoo Kang. New York: Penguin, 2016. Based on the pilsa 89 manuscript.
  • The Story of Hong Gil Dong. Seoul: The Korean Classical Literature Institute (Baek AM Publishing Company), 2000. Bilingual edition based on the gyeongpan 30 manuscript.
  • "The Tale of Hong Kiltong". Translated by Marshall R. Pihl. In Anthology of Korean Literature: From Early Times to the Nineteenth Century, compiled and edited by Peter H. Lee. Honolulu: The University Press of Hawaii, 1981 (pp. 119–147). Based on the gyeongpan 24 manuscript.
  • "Hong Kil Tong, The Adventures of an Abused Boy," translated by Horace Newton Allen. In Korean Tales: Being a Collection of Stories Translated from the Korean Folk Lore. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1889. 170-93. Loosely translated, verging on a retelling.

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