num_pages: 260
description: One of the greatest classics of our time, this is the powerfully moving story of peasant Wang Lung--Of the family he founded that would one day become a powerful dynasty; of the gods he implored, sometimes with humility, sometimes with anger; and, above all, of the earth that sustained him, the land he made to prosper against the ravages of nature and the savage attcks of bandit tribes.
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: Washington Square Press