Mass market paperback, 260 pages
Published July 1973 by Washington Square Press.
The Good Earth
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This tells the poignant tale of a Chinese farmer and his family in old agrarian China. The humble Wang Lung glories in the soil he works, nurturing the land as it nurtures him and his family. Nearby, the nobles of the House of Hwang consider themselves above the land and its workers; but they will soon meet their own downfall.
Hard times come upon Wang Lung and his family when flood and drought force them to seek work in the city. The working people riot, breaking into the homes of the rich and forcing them to flee. When Wang Lung shows mercy to one noble and is rewarded, he begins to rise in the world, even as the House of Hwang falls.
Subjects
- China, fiction
- Fiction, historical, general
- Social life and customs
- History
- Farmers' spouses
- Married women
- Manners and customs
- Farm life
- Fiction
- American fiction (fictional works by one author)
- Wealth
- Farmers
- Social conditions
- Humanities
- Fiction, sagas
- Fiction, classics
- Fiction, general
- Fiction, historical
- In literature
- History and criticism
- American literature
- Literature
- Married women -- China -- Fiction
- China -- History -- 1928-1937 -- Fiction
- China -- Social life and customs -- Fiction
- Farmers' spouses -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Married women -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Farm life -- Comic books, strips, etc
- China -- Comic books, strips, etc