The Good Earth is the book from my Classics Club list that I drew in the latest Classics Club spin. *links provided for convenience, not as part of any affiliate programme Published: 1948 Genre: Literary Fiction, Modern Classics When Wang Lung shows mercy to one noble and is rewarded, he begins to rise in the world, even as the House of Hwang fallsįormat: Hardcover (339 pp.) Publisher: Methuen The working people riot, breaking into the homes of the rich and forcing them to flee. Hard times come upon Wang Lung and his family when flood and drought force them to seek work in the city. Nearby, the nobles of the House of Hwang consider themselves above the land and its workers but they will soon meet their own downfall. The humble Wang Lung glories in the soil he works, nurturing the land as it nurtures him and his family. This Pulitzer Prize-winning classic tells the poignant tale of a Chinese farmer and his family in old agrarian China.
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