num_pages: 432
description: A Chinese peasant overcomes the forces of nature and the frailties of human nature to become a wealthy landowner
language: English
title: The Good Earth
titlecomplete: The Good Earth (G K Hall Large Print Book Series)
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: 245801
places: China
series: House of Earth
awards: awardedAt: -1199203200000
name: Pulitzer Prize
category: Novel, awardedAt: -1104508800000
name: William Dean Howells Medal
publisher: G K Hall & Co