The Good Earth

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Publication Year:
2012

ISBN-13: 9781453263563

<DIV><b>Pearl S. Buck&rsquo;s timeless masterpiece, the Pulitzer Prize&ndash;winning story of a farmer&rsquo;s journey through China in the 1920s</b></div><DIV><i><BR>The Good Earth </i>is Buck&rsquo;s classic story of Wang Lung, a Chinese peasant farmer, and his wife, O-lan, a former slave. With luck and hard work, the couple&rsquo;s fortunes improve over the years: They are blessed with sons, and save steadily until one day they can afford to buy property in the House of Wang&mdash;the very house in which O-lan used to work. But success brings with it a new set of problems. Wang soon finds himself the target of jealousy, and as good harvests come and go, so does the social order. Will Wang&rsquo;s family cherish the estate after he&rsquo;s gone? And can his material success, the bedrock of his life, guarantee anything about his soul?</div><DIV>&#160;</div><DIV>Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the William Dean Howells Award, <i>The Good Earth</i> was an Oprah&rsquo;s Book Club choice in 2004. A readers&rsquo; favorite for generations, this powerful and beautifully written fable resonates with universal themes of hope and family unity.</div><DIV>&#160;</div><DIV>This ebook features an illustrated biography of Pearl S. Buck including rare images from the author&rsquo;s estate.</div>