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This study undertakes a diachronic examination of major peritextual elements in Korean translations of Simone de Beauvoir’s ‘Le Deuxième Sexe’. The analysed translations include those by Yi Yongho (1955), Cho Hongshik (1974), Yun Yŏngnae (1983/1986/ 1988), Kim Kit’ae (1986), Kang Myŏnghŭi (2001), Yi Hŭiyŏng (2017), and Yi Chŏngsun (2022). The main focus of our study is the titles, cover images, and translatorial comments, specifically ‘haesŏl’ (literally, “commentary”). Our findings indicate that (1) certain book covers might distort, to varying extents, the reader’s comprehension of the main text, (2) Yun’s translations are particularly misleading, offering an incorrect impression of the original work’s structure, (3) recent translations give the impression of being a theory or guidebook on the original work, (4) the translator’s presence is more prominent in recent translations, and (5) the product category for the translated book is fittingly represented only in Yi Hŭiyŏng (2017) and Yi Chŏngsun (2022).