num_pages: 272
description: This is the story of the peasant Wang Lung, his wife O-lan, and the family they founded that would one day become a powerful dynasty; a story of the gods he implored, sometimes with humility, sometimes with anger; and above all, a story of the earth that sustained him, the land that he made to prosper against the ravages of nature and the savage attacks of bandit tribes.
language: English
title: The Good Earth
titlecomplete: The Good Earth (The House of Earth, #1)
characters: Wang Lung, Cuckoo, Lotus, Nung Wen (Younger Son), Nung En (Elder Son), Ching, O-lan, Pear Blossom
genres: Fiction, Historical, Asia, Classic Literature, China, School, Literature, Classics, Novels, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 245791
places: China
series: House of Earth
awards: awardedAt: -1199203200000
name: Pulitzer Prize
category: Novel, awardedAt: -1104508800000
name: William Dean Howells Medal
publisher: Pocket