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SeoJae Story
Classic books in easy English, with Korean under every line
SeoJae Story turns famous books into short, graded readings (CEFR A1–B2) so English learners actually finish them. Every sentence has a natural Korean translation written by people, not machines. Tap any word for its meaning and real example sentences, listen to neural narration at 0.5×–1.5×, save words as flashcards, and open the author's original text when you're ready. Novels, philosophy, money classics, biographies and Korean literature. No account needed.
I built SeoJae Story (서재 = "home library" in Korean) for one very common problem: millions of adults in Korea study English for years, buy English novels, and give up by page 10. The books are too hard, and graded readers are usually dull.
I'm a language learner myself, and reading is how I like to learn. But every time I picked up a real novel in another language, I spent more time in the dictionary than in the story. I wanted something in between: the books I actually wanted to read, at a level I could finish, with help one tap away. Nothing quite did that, so I started building it.
The app retells the books people actually want to read: Dracula, The Great Gatsby, Treasure Island, Pride and Prejudice, Marcus Aurelius, Benjamin Franklin and more, in clear English from A1 to B2, in parts of about three minutes each. A few things I care about:
• Human translations. Every sentence has a Korean translation written by people, not run through a machine translator. • Tap any word. You get its meaning in context, plus real example sentences from elsewhere in the library. It's all an in-house offline dictionary, so it's instant. • Listen at your speed. Every sentence is narrated (female or male voice), from 0.5× for shadowing up to 1.5×, with the current line highlighted. • The real thing, when you're ready. Most stories link to the author's original public-domain text in short sections. • It works the other way too: English speakers learning Korean can read Korean folktales and 구운몽 with English meanings for every word.
It's free, there's no sign-up to start reading, and new chapters are added every week. It runs on the web and Android.
I'd love your feedback, especially: 1. Which classic should I add next? 2. If you're learning a language, would you want this for other language pairs?
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About SeoJae Story on Product Hunt
“Classic books in easy English, with Korean under every line”
SeoJae Story was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 2 upvotes and 1 comments, placing #97 on the daily leaderboard. SeoJae Story turns famous books into short, graded readings (CEFR A1–B2) so English learners actually finish them. Every sentence has a natural Korean translation written by people, not machines. Tap any word for its meaning and real example sentences, listen to neural narration at 0.5×–1.5×, save words as flashcards, and open the author's original text when you're ready. Novels, philosophy, money classics, biographies and Korean literature. No account needed.
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Craig Kendrick
Hi Product Hunt 👋
I built SeoJae Story (서재 = "home library" in Korean) for one very common problem: millions of adults in Korea study English for years, buy English novels, and give up by page 10. The books are too hard, and graded readers are usually dull.
I'm a language learner myself, and reading is how I like to learn. But every time I picked up a real novel in another language, I spent more time in the dictionary than in the story. I wanted something in between: the books I actually wanted to read, at a level I could finish, with help one tap away. Nothing quite did that, so I started building it.
The app retells the books people actually want to read: Dracula, The Great Gatsby, Treasure Island, Pride and Prejudice, Marcus Aurelius, Benjamin Franklin and more, in clear English from A1 to B2, in parts of about three minutes each. A few things I care about:
• Human translations. Every sentence has a Korean translation written by people, not run through a machine translator.
• Tap any word. You get its meaning in context, plus real example sentences from elsewhere in the library. It's all an in-house offline dictionary, so it's instant.
• Listen at your speed. Every sentence is narrated (female or male voice), from 0.5× for shadowing up to 1.5×, with the current line highlighted.
• The real thing, when you're ready. Most stories link to the author's original public-domain text in short sections.
• It works the other way too: English speakers learning Korean can read Korean folktales and 구운몽 with English meanings for every word.
It's free, there's no sign-up to start reading, and new chapters are added every week. It runs on the web and Android.
I'd love your feedback, especially:
1. Which classic should I add next?
2. If you're learning a language, would you want this for other language pairs?
Thanks for checking it out! 📚