Bride of CorreaOther

A ballet that was performed before Madame Butterfly, whose story is situated in Japan, and Turandot, whose story is situated in China, now reborn as a novel!
It is around the time when peasants have revolted through the so-called the Donghak Peasant Revolution, that is, when the Joseon dynasty Korea is in the wake of the Im-O Military Revolt and the Sino-Japanese War. The fate of Korea is hanging by a thread. Prince Lee Eon is a practical person. In order to save the country from danger, he cuts his hair short and receives the same military exercises as soldiers do. Letting go of the tradition that a royal prince should marry a woman from a noble family, he is planning to marry Hong Buyong, a gisaeng trained at Janghakwon. That a prince wants to marry a gisaeng as his official wife instead of having her as a concubine clearly shows that Prince Lee Eon is a vanguard and reformer. 
Prince Lee Eon’s fiance Buyong is a woman of capability, being fluent in English, Japanese, and German and good at horse riding and archery as well. She is also a woman of resources and a new woman who is able to fulfill the hard work of supplying soldiers with considerable amounts of rice at Queen Min’s order. 
One day, Japan reveals their ambition to invade Joseon Korea and bombards the Joseon palace ruthlessly to take the king and queen as hostages. Prince Lee Eon, who has resisted the bombardment, has the premonition of the Sino-Japanese War and goes off to Pyongyang. On the way, however, he is captured by the Japanese and confined in a brothel in Jemulpo, Incheon. 
Lee Eon tries to escape several times in vain. He makes an escape plan after Buyong’s and his wedding. They have a lavish wedding, inviting people from the diplomatic offices of Germany, US, and Russia. After the ceremony, the newly married narrowly escape the Japanese surveillance and go off to Pyongyang. Several months later, Lee Eon takes part in the great battle of Pyongyang and dies at the end of the fierce battle. Buyong hugs Lee Eon’s body that has floated down the river and wails.