This moving, classic story of the honest farmer Wang Lung and his selfless wife O-lan is must reading for those who want to fully appreciate the sweeping changes that have occurred in the lives of the Chinese people during this century. In The Good Earth she presents a graphic view of a China when the last emperor reigned and the vast political and social upheavals of the twentieth century were but distant rumblings for the ordinary people. 'I can only write what I know, and I know nothing but China, having always lived there,' wrote Pearl Buck. Though nearly eighty years have passed since this novel won the Pulitzer Prize, it has retained its popularity and become one of the great modern classics. For years, farmer Wang Lung has worked the soil, pulling forth bountiful harvests, and now the sale of his excess crops has funded a fateful purchase: a slave. Buck Trade Paperback LIST PRICE 17. Signed and inscribed examples of the first edition in the original dust jacket are rare. Buck Official Publisher Page Simon & Schuster About The Book About The Author Product Details Related Articles The Good Earth By Pearl S. more Rent From 11.99 Buy From 11.49 Textbook Solutions Only 15.95/mo. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. The Good Earth 2nd edition Introduction to Earth Science View Textbook Solutions ISBN: 0077270975 ISBN-13: 9780077270971 Authors: David McConnell, Mcconnell. Near fine in the original dust jacket with some tape repairs to the verso.

It is interesting to note that Buck knew the first issue points and makes note of it. he had taken from the man in the Great House to buy things for the land. Buck also underlined the error “flees” on page 100, and marked it with an arrow on the left margin. shows her readers the many faces of Wang Lung in her book, The Good Earth. Presentation copy, inscribed and dated by Pearl Buck on the half-title page.

Octavo, original brown cloth, illustrated endpapers. $20,000.00 Item Number: 80122įirst edition, first issue with “flees” for “fleas” on page 100, line 17 of the author’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel and masterpiece.

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