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The good earth  Cover Image Book Book

The good earth / Pearl S. Buck ; illustrations by James Barkley ; afterword by Edward Wagenknecht.

Summary:

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0895774135
  • ISBN: 9780895774132
  • Physical Description: 296 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
  • Edition: Reader's Digest ed.
  • Publisher: Pleasantville, NY : Reader's Digest Association, c1992, c1931.
Subject: Farmers' spouses > Fiction.
Married women > Fiction.
Farm life > Fiction.
China > Fiction.
Genre: Domestic fiction.
Historical fiction.

Available copies

  • 2 of 2 copies available at scottsboropl.

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  • 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
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scottsboropl F Buc 32269000711229 Storage - Adult Available -
scottsboropl F Buc 32269000928211 Adult - Fiction Available -

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1001 . ‡aBuck, Pearl S. ‡q(Pearl Sydenstricker), ‡d1892-1973.
24514. ‡aThe good earth / ‡cPearl S. Buck ; illustrations by James Barkley ; afterword by Edward Wagenknecht.
250 . ‡aReader's Digest ed.
260 . ‡aPleasantville, NY : ‡bReader's Digest Association, ‡cc1992, c1931.
300 . ‡a296 p. : ‡bcol. ill. ; ‡c24 cm.
336 . ‡atext ‡btxt ‡2rdacontent
337 . ‡aunmediated ‡bn ‡2rdamedia
338 . ‡avolume ‡bnc ‡2rdacarrier
520 . ‡aWang 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.
650 0. ‡aFarmers' spouses ‡vFiction.
650 0. ‡aMarried women ‡vFiction.
650 0. ‡aFarm life ‡vFiction.
651 0. ‡aChina ‡vFiction.
655 7. ‡aDomestic fiction. ‡2lcgft
655 7. ‡aHistorical fiction. ‡2lcgft
901 . ‡a136421 ‡bUnknown ‡c136421 ‡tbiblio

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