The very novel that inspired the animated feature King of Kings! Includes an exclusive foreword by director Jang Seong-ho of King of Kings The greatest story ever told by the great novelist Charles Dickens.
In 2025 a Korean-made animated film stormed North American theaters, surpassing Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite at the box office—that film was King of Kings. Produced in Korea, the movie begins as Charles Dickens tells his son Walter about the true King, Jesus, drawing the boy into the epic tale of the greatest King who lived two thousand years ago. Life Pattern Korea. Together with his father’s vivid narration, Walter embarks on a timeless journey. Like this, King of Kings takes its inspiration from Charles Dickens’s classic work The Life of Our Lord. Handwritten for his children between 1846 and 1849, the book recounts Jesus’s life from Nativity to Resurrection. Life Pattern Korea. Though Dickens asked that the manuscript never be published, it finally appeared in 1934—eighty-five years later—shared by his descendants as a father’s heartfelt testimony of faith and love. This edition also includes a special foreword by director Jang Seong-ho, officially acknowledging the novel that sparked his screenplay. Life Pattern Korea. Discover how Dickens’s narrative shaped the film while once more embracing Jesus’s message of boundless love and mercy.
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Author: 찰스 디킨스 Charles Dickens, 박미경 Publisher: 북폴리오 (2025)
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