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 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 (House of Earth, #1)
characters: Cuckoo, Pear Blossom, Nung Wen (Younger Son), Lotus, Ching, Nung En (Elder Son), O-lan, Wang Lung
genres: Fiction, China, Classics, School, Historical, Classic Literature, Asia, Historical Fiction, Literature, Novels
ratings_count: 245795
places: China
series: House of Earth
awards: awardedAt: -1199203200000
name: Pulitzer Prize
category: Novel, awardedAt: -1104508800000
name: William Dean Howells Medal
publisher: Pocket