The good earth / Buck, Pearl S

The story of a Chinese peasant and his passionate, dogged accumulation of land during famine, drought, and revolution.

Wang Lung, a peasant in China in the 1920s, becomes a prosperous landowner with the help of his humble wife, O'Lan, with whom he shares a devotion to duty, land, and survival.

Wang Lung, a peasant in China in the 1920s, becomes a prosperous landowner with the help of his humble wife, O'Lan, with whom he shares a devotion to duty, land, and survival.

Wang Lung, a peasant farmer in China, becomes a prosperous landowner with the help of his humble wife, O'Lan, but the newly accumulated wealth brings its own problems to the family.

The story of a Chinese peasant and his passionate, dogged accumulation of land during famine, drought, and revolution.

Wang Lung, a peasant in China in the 1920s, becomes a prosperous landowner with the help of his humble wife, O'Lan, with whom he shares a devotion to duty, land, and survival.