The good earth /

Buck, Pearl S. 1892-1973.

The good earth / Pearl S. Buck; introduced and edited by Peter Conn. - New York : Pocket Books, 1994. - xxx, 379 pages : illustrations, map ; 18 cm. - Enriched classics. .

Pocketbooks, a division of Simon & Schuster, Inc.



Partial map of China -- Introduction -- Good Earth -- Pearl Buck on The Good Earth -- Critical excerpts -- Suggestions for further reading -- Endnotes.

Wang Lang, a simple peasant farmer, takes as a wife a battered slave girl who becomes an indomitable, loyal woman. Working the land together, they prosper and increase their holdings, yet Wang eventually betrays his family and neglects the earth he had worshiped.

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Farmers' spouses--Fiction.
Married women--Fiction.
Farm life--Fiction.


China--Fiction.


Domestic fiction.

PS 3503.U198 / .G591 1994