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The Good Earth is a historical fiction novel by Pearl S. Buck published in 1931 that dramatizes family life in an early 20th-century Chinese village in Anhwei.It is the first book in her House of Earth trilogy, continued in Sons (1932) and A House Divided (1935).
The Good Earth is a 1937 American drama film about Chinese farmers who struggle to survive. It was adapted by Talbot Jennings, Tess Slesinger, and Claudine West from the 1932 play by Owen Davis and Donald Davis, which was in itself based on the 1931 novel of the same name by Nobel Prize-winning author Pearl S. Buck.
It is the second book in The House of Earth trilogy, preceded by The Good Earth and followed by A House Divided. The story tackles the issue of Wang Lung's sons and how they handle their father's estate after his death. It deals mostly with the youngest son, who goes off to war in The Good Earth, and his son.
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The Courier-Journal felt that, like Sons, A House Divided lacks the unity of The Good Earth, but although it is not "marvelous" it is "sound stuff." [2] The Fresno Bee felt that "in many ways it is a better book than the other two of the trilogy" and that Wang Yuan is "perhaps, the most fully realized figure Mrs. Buck has created" and "symbolic of the youth of China striving to find itself in ...
The Good Earth is a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Pearl S. Buck. The Good Earth may also refer to: The Good Earth, the 1937 adaptation of the novel, starring Paul Muni and Luise Rainer; The Good Earth (Manfred Mann's Earth Band album), 1974; The Good Earth (The Feelies album), 1986; Good Earth Tea, a tea company based in Santa Cruz, California
The Kingdoms were Wei, Shu, and Wu. In 263 A.D., the Wei Kingdoms captured the Shu Kingdoms. After the Shu Kingdom was defeated, the Ssu-ma family rose to power. A member of the family, Ssu-ma Yen, began the Chin dynasty in 265 A.D., marking the end of the Three Kingdoms. The Good Earth mentions the Three Kingdoms in Chapter 18 on page 183.
The Pillars of the Earth is the first novel of a series of four books by Follet. Two sequels were published: World Without End (2007) and A Column of Fire (2017). A prequel to Pillars, The Evening and the Morning was published in 2020. The final book in the series, The Armour of Light, was published in 2023.