ANDWhen it comes to web novel adaptations, a certain level of creative freedom is expected. While Forbidden marriage (mostly) preserves the core of the story on which it is based – a popular web novel Joseon’s marriage ban – and helmed by original author Chun Ji-hye, fails to convey the nuances that made the characters …
[*] For Tolstoy’s heroic men, marriage is not the end and end of a well-lived life. Romantic love compromises marriage, to the detriment of both men and women. Well-married people are good at the prosaic love of family life, not just at falling in love. They find romance and fulfillment in the joyous fulfillment of …
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