![]() ![]() Despite Wang Lung’s lack of knowledge or interest in political affairs, the Revolution proves to have an influential effect on the family’s fortunes. The Good Earth takes place over the course of a few decades in the early twentieth century, including scenes of the Chinese Revolution of 1911 which overthrew the Qing Dynasty. ![]() Buck won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1938, largely on the strength of these three works. Buck, continuing with Sons and ending with A House Divided. The Good Earth, originally published in 1931, is the first in a trilogy of novels by Pearl S. Through hard work, prudent choices, personal sacrifice, and a little luck, the family gradually rises from their humble beginnings to a position of security and status. While struggling against the challenges of poverty, famine, natural disasters, and war, they proceed to build a family. After their unceremonious introduction, Wang Lung and his new wife, O-Lan, return to the land his family has worked for generations. A slave of this wealthy household has been promised to him in a prearranged marriage. It is Wang Lung’s wedding day, and he has come to claim his bride. One day he ventures into the nearest town to call at the door of the Hwang family, the richest landowners in the region. ![]() In an earthen house in a rural Chinese village lives a poor farmer. ![]()
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