num_pages: 260
description: Wang Lung, rising from humble Chinese farmer to wealthy landowner, gloried in the soil he worked. He held it above his family, even above his gods. But soon, between Wang Lung and the kindly soil that sustained him, came flood and drought, pestilence and revolution....Through this one Chinese peasant and his children, Nobel Prize-winner Pearl S. Buck traces the whole cycle of life, its terrors, its passion, its persistent ambitions and its rewards. Her brilliant novel—beloved by millions of readers throughout the world—is a universal tale of the destiny of men.
language: English
title: The Good Earth
titlecomplete: The Good Earth
characters: Ching, Wang Lung, Lotus, Cuckoo, Nung En (Elder Son), Nung Wen (Younger Son), O-lan, Pear Blossom
genres: Asia, Historical Fiction, Historical, Novels, School, Literature, Classic Literature, Classics, China, Fiction
ratings_count: 245776
places: China
series: House of Earth
awards: awardedAt: -1199203200000
name: Pulitzer Prize
category: Novel, awardedAt: -1104508800000
name: William Dean Howells Medal
publisher: Pocket