Good earth trilogy

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.

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.

The classic story of sons rising against their father reflects the conflict between the old and new in China as revolution sweeps across the nation.

Presents the second volume in the Good Earth Trilogy about sons rising against their fathers and the bitter struggles between the old and the new in China.