The Good Earth
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4.4 • 90 Ratings
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Publisher Description
The Good Earth
The Pulitzer Prize–winning, New York Times–bestselling novel about a peasant farmer and his family in early twentieth-century China.
This tells the poignant tale of a Chinese farmer and his family in old agrarian China. The humble Wang Lung glories in the soil he works, nurturing the land as it nurtures him and his family. Nearby, the nobles of the House of Hwang consider themselves above the land and its workers; but they will soon meet their own downfall.
Hard times come upon Wang Lung and his family when flood and drought force them to seek work in the city. The working people riot, breaking into the homes of the rich and forcing them to flee. When Wang Lung shows mercy to one noble and is rewarded, he begins to rise in the world, even as the House of Hwang falls.
Customer Reviews
Too many typos
I enjoyed the story very much, but the typos were too much to ignore! I want to read the second installment of this series but if the typos are as bad as this book then I won’t bother! Apple Books need to do better about editing and translating these books, it’s unacceptable.
The Good Earth delivers
Enjoyed reading this book. Things were done so differently back in the olden days. Men held all the power and women were for pleasure, providing children, preferably male children, working the fields and taking care of the children, elderly family and home. Female children had no choices to make. They were to be sold as slaves or married to someone who could benefit the family.
Best Novel In My Library
This book made a deep impression on me the first time I read it as a child, which led to me re-reading it about 50 times in my lifespan so far. It was also my Mothers favorite book. So you could say this one is definitely a much loved book in my family as well as the next two books in this Trilogy. Sons. A House Divided They make time slip away as I immerse myself into this epic classic where the characters are now like old friends to me…