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¢º Under the name of G. A. Danziger I wrote in the year 1889 a story founded on a German tale, which I called The Monk and the Hangman¡¯s Daughter. The story was tragic but I gave it a happy ending. Submitting it to the late Ambrose Bierce, asking him to revise the story, he suggested the retention of the tragic part and so revised it. The story was published and the house failed. When in 1900 a publisher desired to bring out the story provided I gave it a happy ending, I submitted the matter to Bierce and on August 21, 1900, he wrote me a long letter on the subject of which the following is an extract: ¢¹ ³ª´Â 1889³â¿¡ ¾Æµ¹ÇÁ ´ÜÁö°Å µå Ä«½ºÆ®·Î(Adolphe Danziger De Castro, 1859~1959)¶ó´Â À̸§À¸·Î ¡º¼öµµ»ç¿Í ±³¼öÇü ÁýÇàÀÎÀÇ µþ¡»À̶ó´Â µ¶ÀÏ ¼³È¸¦ ¹ÙÅÁÀ¸·Î ÇÑ À̾߱⸦ ½è½À´Ï´Ù. À̾߱â´Â ºñ±ØÀûÀ̾úÁö¸¸ ÇØÇÇ¿£µùÀ¸·Î ³¡³µ½À´Ï´Ù. °í ¾Úºê·ÎÁî ºñ¾î½º¿¡°Ô Á¦ÃâÇÏ¿© À̾߱âÀÇ ¼öÁ¤À» ¿äûÇÑ ±×´Â ºñ±ØÀûÀÎ ºÎºÐÀ» ±×´ë·Î À¯ÁöÇÏÀÚ°í Á¦¾ÈÇÏ¿© ¼öÁ¤Çß½À´Ï´Ù. À̾߱Ⱑ ÃâÆǵǾú°í ÃâÆÇ»ç´Â ½ÇÆÐÇß½À´Ï´Ù. 1900³â¿¡ ÇÑ ÃâÆǻ簡 ³»°¡ ÇØÇÇ¿£µùÀ» ÁØ´Ù¸é ±× À̾߱⸦ ÃâÆÇÇÏ°í ½Í¾î ÇßÀ» ¶§ ³ª´Â ±× ¹®Á¦¸¦ ¾Úºê·ÎÁî ºñ¾î½º¿¡ Á¦¾ÈÇß°í 1900³â 8¿ù 21ÀÏ ±×´Â ³ª¿¡°Ô ´ÙÀ½°ú °°Àº ÁÖÁ¦¿¡ °üÇÑ Àå¹®ÀÇ ÆíÁö¸¦ ½è½À´Ï´Ù.
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