Omnibus of the House of Earth series, includes the novels:
- The Good Earth (1931) 225 pages
- Sons (1932) 229 pages
- A House Divided (1935) 348 pages
Set in China during the early twentieth century, Pearl S. Buck's timeless trilogy is the powerful story of a family—and a nation—in transition The Good Earth is Buck's classic, Pulitzer Prize–winning story of Wang Lung, a Chinese peasant farmer, and his wife, O-lan, a former slave. With luck and hard work, the couple's fortunes improve over the years: They are blessed with sons, and save steadily until one day they can afford to buy property in the House of Wang—the very house in which O-lan used to work. But success brings with it a new set of problems. Wang soon finds himself the target of jealousy, and as good harvests come and go, so does the social order. Will Wang's family cherish the estate after he's gone? The family's story continues in Sons and A House Divided, when the Revolution sweeping through China further unsettles Wang Lung's family in this rich and unforgettable portrait of a family and a country in the throes of widespread national change.
Description:
Kindle Edition, 722 pages
Published 1935
Open Road Integrated Media (2013)
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (1932)
TheGreatestBooks.org Top 500 Ever
Omnibus of the House of Earth series, includes the novels:
- The Good Earth (1931) 225 pages
- Sons (1932) 229 pages
- A House Divided (1935) 348 pages
Set in China during the early twentieth century, Pearl S. Buck's timeless trilogy is the powerful story of a family—and a nation—in transition The Good Earth is Buck's classic, Pulitzer Prize–winning story of Wang Lung, a Chinese peasant farmer, and his wife, O-lan, a former slave. With luck and hard work, the couple's fortunes improve over the years: They are blessed with sons, and save steadily until one day they can afford to buy property in the House of Wang—the very house in which O-lan used to work. But success brings with it a new set of problems. Wang soon finds himself the target of jealousy, and as good harvests come and go, so does the social order. Will Wang's family cherish the estate after he's gone? The family's story continues in Sons and A House Divided, when the Revolution sweeping through China further unsettles Wang Lung's family in this rich and unforgettable portrait of a family and a country in the throes of widespread national change.