The Good Earth
Registered by Aberpeter of Renton, Washington USA on 5/22/2023
This book is in a Controlled Release!
This book is in a Controlled Release!
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from the back of the book:
Though more than sixty years have passed since this remarkable novel won the Pulitzer Prize, it has retained its popularity and become one of the great modern classics. "I can only write what I know, and I know nothing but China, having always lived there, " wrote Pearl Buck. In The Good Earth, she present a graphic view of a China when the last emperor reigned and the vast political and social upheavals of the twentieth century where but distance rumblings for the ordinary people. This moving, classic story of the honest farmer Wang Lung and his selfless wife O-lan is must reading for those who would fully appreciate the sweeping changes that have occurred in the lives of the Chinese people during this century.
Nobel Prize winner Pearl S Buck traces the whole cycle of life: its terrors, its passions, it ambitions, and rewards. Her brilliant novel - beloved by millions of readers - is a universal tale of the destiny of man.
Though more than sixty years have passed since this remarkable novel won the Pulitzer Prize, it has retained its popularity and become one of the great modern classics. "I can only write what I know, and I know nothing but China, having always lived there, " wrote Pearl Buck. In The Good Earth, she present a graphic view of a China when the last emperor reigned and the vast political and social upheavals of the twentieth century where but distance rumblings for the ordinary people. This moving, classic story of the honest farmer Wang Lung and his selfless wife O-lan is must reading for those who would fully appreciate the sweeping changes that have occurred in the lives of the Chinese people during this century.
Nobel Prize winner Pearl S Buck traces the whole cycle of life: its terrors, its passions, it ambitions, and rewards. Her brilliant novel - beloved by millions of readers - is a universal tale of the destiny of man.
The Good Earth is the story of Wang Lung, from when he marries his wife through his death. While this story takes places in pre-revolutionary China, there are themes which are relevant today. Wang Lung worked hard to ultimately have a comfortable life. His children have for granted the comforts they are accustomed to.
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