The good earth / Pearl S. Buck.
Pearl S. Buck's epic Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of a China that was -- now in a Contemporary Classics edition. Though more than sixty years have passed since this remarkable novel won the Pulitzer Prize, it has retained its popularity and become one of the great modern classics. "I can only write what I know, and I know nothing but China, having always lived there," wrote Pearl Buck. 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. This moving, classic story of the honest farmer Wang Lung and his selfless wife O-lan is must reading for those who would fully appreciate the sweeping changes that have occurred in the lives of the Chinese people during this century. Nobel Prize winner Pearl S. Buck traces the whole cycle of life: its terrors, its passions, its ambitions and rewards. Her brilliant novel -- beloved by millions of readers -- is a universal tale of the destiny of man.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780743272933
- ISBN: 0743272935
- ISBN: 9781471147432
- Physical Description: 357 pages, 2 unnumbered pages ; 21 cm.
- Edition: Washington Square Press trade paperback edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : Washington Square Press, 2004.
- Copyright: ©1931.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "September 2004"--T.p. verso. "Featuring a WSP reading group guide"--Cover. "Oprah's book club"--Cover of some printings. |
| Target Audience Note: | 1530L Lexile |
| Study Program Information Note: | Accelerated Reader AR UG 6.8 19 706. |
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| Subject: | Farmers' spouses > Fiction. Married women > China > Fiction. Farm life > Fiction. China > Fiction. China > History > 1928-1937 > Fiction. China > Social life and customs > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Historical fiction. |
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- 25 of 52 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
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- 12 current holds with 52 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Albemarle Main Library | FIC Buck (Text) | 101091000732182 | Storage | Checked out | 04/18/2024 |
| Albemarle Main Library | FIC Buck (Text) | 31010000016214 | Storage | Checked out | 04/18/2024 |
| Albemarle Main Library | FIC Buck (Text) | 31010000016255 | Storage | Checked out | 04/18/2024 |
| Albemarle Main Library | FIC Buck (Text) | 31010000016362 | Storage | Checked out | 04/18/2024 |
| Albemarle Main Library | FIC Buck (Text) | 31010000016404 | Storage | Checked out | 04/18/2024 |
| Albemarle Main Library | FIC Buck (Text) | 31010000016446 | Storage | Checked out | 04/18/2024 |
| Albemarle Main Library | FIC Buck (Text) | 31010000016487 | Storage | Checked out | 04/18/2024 |
| Albemarle Main Library | FIC Buck (Text) | 31010000016529 | Storage | Checked out | 04/18/2024 |
| Albemarle Main Library | FIC Buck (Text) | 31010000016560 | Storage | Checked out | 04/18/2024 |
