The good earth /

Buck, Pearl S. 1892-1973.,

The good earth / [print] Pearl S. Buck ; introduced and edited by Peter Connecticut. - New York : Washington Square Press, (c)1994. - xxx, 379 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm. - Enriched classics series . - Enriched classics series. .



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.



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Farmers' spouses--Fiction.
Married women--Fiction.
Farm life--Fiction.

PS3503.C752.G663 1994 PS3503