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| Genre/Form: | Fiction |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Fiction |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Pearl S Buck; Stephanie Reents; Cynthia Johnson |
| ISBN: | 1416500189 9781416500186 |
| OCLC Number: | 60038668 |
| Description: | xxi, 418 p. ; 17 cm. |
| Contents: | Introduction -- Chronology of Pearl Buck's life and work -- Historical context of the good earth -- Good earth -- Notes -- Interpretive notes -- Critical excerpts -- Questions for discussion -- Suggestions for the interested reader. |
| Series Title: | Enriched classics series. |
| Responsibility: | Pearl S. Buck ; supplementary material written by Stephanie Reents ; series edited by Cynthia Brantley Johnson. |
Abstract:
Set in China, this is a drama about a simple peasant farmer who grows rich with the help of his faithful wife. Tragedy follows as he betrays his family and neglects the earth he had worshiped.
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"The New York Times" A comment upon the meaning and tragedy of life as it is lived in any age in any quarter of the globe.
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