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Good earth

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.

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  • "Wang Lung, the simple farmer, is helped by his faithful wife to become a prosperous lord. Tragedy follows along the way as he betrays his family and neglects the earth he has worshipped."
  • "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."@en
  • ""This Pulitzer Prize-winning classic tells the poignant tale of a Chinese farmer and his family in old agrarian China. The humble Wang Lung glories in the soil he works, nurturing the land as it nurtures him and his family. Nearby, the nobles of the House of Hwang consider themselves above the land and its workers; but they will soon meet their own downfall. Hard times come upon Wang Lung and his family when flood and drought force them to seek work in the city. The working people riot, breaking into the homes of the rich and forcing them to flee. When Wang Lung shows mercy to one noble and is rewarded, he begins to rise in the world, even as the House of Hwang falls"--Publisher's web site."@en
  • "[This book] is the poignant tale about the life and labors of a Chinese farmer during the sweeping reign of the country's last emperor. -Back cover."
  • "Set in pre-revolutionary, pre-industrial China of the Manchu Dynasty, this is the story of one farmer's desparate fight to defy the inevitable grip of destiny."
  • "Set in pre-revolutionary, pre-industrial China, this is the story of one farmer's fight to survive with dignity and a spiritual affirmation of the values of the land."@en
  • "Wang Lung, a poor Chinese peasant, realizes the value of the land, acquires it, and after much deprivation becomes rich."@en
  • "Wang Lang, a simple peasant farmer, takes as a wife a battered slave girl who becomes an indomitable, loyal woman. Working the land together, they prosper and increase their holdings, yet Wang eventually betrays his family and neglects the earth he had worshipped."@en
  • "Set in the pre-revolutionary, pre-industrial China of the Manchu Dynasty, the Good Earth is the poignant story of one farmer's desparate fight to survive destiny. Wang Lung joyfully sets out for the city to retrieve his bride, a slave girl from the grerat House of Hwang. Together they build a good life: laboring in the fields, frugally running a household, and raising two healthy sons. But when drought brings hunger and starvation, Wang Lung is forced to move his family from the land he loves and journey to the city in search of work.--"@en
  • "When O-lan, a servant girl, marries the peasant Wang Lung, she toils tirelessly through four pregnancies for their family's survival. Reward at first is meagre, but there is sustenance in the land - until the famine comes. Half-starved, the family joins thousands of peasants to beg on the city streets. It seems that all is lost, until O-lan's desperate will to survive returns them home with undreamt of wealth. But they have betrayed the earth from which true wealth springs, and the family's money breeds only mistrust, deception - and heartbreak for the woman who had saved them."
  • "The story of Wang Lung, of the family he founded, of its rise to dynasty and the earth that sustained him."@en
  • "Unabridged."@en
  • "Als een arme Chinese boer het begin 20e eeuw tot grootgrondbezitter schopt, krijgt hij te maken met vele verleidingen."
  • "A Chinese peasant overcomes the forces of nature and the frailties of human nature to become a wealthy landowner."
  • "The story of Wang Lung, of the family he founded, of its rise to dynasty; of the gods he implored, of the earth that sustained him, and of the land he made to prosper against the ravages of nature and the attacks of man."
  • "A slave bride of a Chinese laborer devotes herself to her husband's family, but when civil war in China brings wealth to the family, her happiness is endangered as her husband brings home a second wife."@en
  • "A slave bride of a Chinese laborer devotes herself to her husband's family, but when civil war in China brings wealth to the family, her happiness is endangered as her husband brings home a second wife."

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  • "Domestic fiction"@en
  • "Domestic fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Audiobooks"@en
  • "History"@en
  • "History"
  • "Historical fiction"@en
  • "Historical fiction"
  • "Downloadable audio books"@en
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  • "Playaway"@en
  • "Playaway"
  • "Family sagas, Chinese"@en

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  • "Good earth"
  • "Good earth"@en
  • "The good earth"
  • "The good earth"@en
  • "The good earth (unabridged)"

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