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Resilience and transformation in rural historical China.

"The Good Earth" transports you into the heart of pre-revolutionary China, giving a voice to the ordinary man's struggles and triumphs. Pearl S. Buck's intimate knowledge of the culture pours from every page, making it a poignant and deep narrative about resilience and adaptation in the face of change. The enriched edition's additional scholarly features make it not just a novel, but an educational journey through time. Perfect for someone fascinated by deeply human tales set against a rich historical backdrop.

  • Pulitzer Prize for Novel (1932)
  • William Dean Howells Medal (1935)
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The Good Earth

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ISBN: 9781416511359
Authors: Pearl S. Buck
Date of Publication: 2005-01-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction
Goodreads rating: 4.0
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O-Lan is a homely servant girl in the village’s greatest house. When she is taken as a wife by Wang Lung, a simple Chinese farmer, she toils tirelessly through four pregnancies for their family’s survival. Reward at first is meagre, but there is hope in their work, sustenance in the land. Until the famine comes. Forced to flee or die of starvation, the family arrives in the city, joining thousands of peasants to beg on the streets. It seems that all is lost, until a combination of good luck and O-Lan’s will to survive conspires to return them to their home with undreamt of wealth. But they have betrayed the earth that had previously sustained them, and their money breeds only mistrust and deception - and heartbreak for the woman who had saved them. Set against a China on the brink of change, The Good Earth is a riveting family saga and story of female sacrifice; a classic of twentieth-century literature.
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Resilience and transformation in rural historical China.

"The Good Earth" transports you into the heart of pre-revolutionary China, giving a voice to the ordinary man's struggles and triumphs. Pearl S. Buck's intimate knowledge of the culture pours from every page, making it a poignant and deep narrative about resilience and adaptation in the face of change. The enriched edition's additional scholarly features make it not just a novel, but an educational journey through time. Perfect for someone fascinated by deeply human tales set against a rich historical backdrop.

  • Pulitzer Prize for Novel (1932)
  • William Dean Howells Medal (1935)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.