Irony make the truth of past situations obvious to all. Other prominent examples of outcomes now seen as poignantly contrary to expectation include: Irony is often used in literature to produce a comic effect. This may also be combined with satire. For instance, an author may facetiously state something as a well-known fact and then demonstrate through the narrative that the fact is untrue. Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice" begins with the proposition "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife." In fact, it soon becomes
A Dream of Good Fortune drunken makkŏli, some of the men are singing, and some are dancing. The story ends with the suitor informing Kang that he will be Kang’s new son-in-law. The short story was translated by Marshall R. Pihl, Bruce Fulton, and Ju-Chan Fulton. It was published along with other short stories in "Land of Exile: Contemporary Korean Fiction"(). The collection has been highly praised for the quality of the stories and the accuracy of the translations (Epstein 579; McCann 213; Stephens 268). A Dream of Good Fortune "A Dream of Good Fortune" (돼지 꿈) was written by Korean author Hwang Sok-yong (황석영)