Good Earth, The
Life, Land, Love Author: Pearl S. Buck Wang Lung has never wanted anything more than land. He loves the soil he tills, and his one ambition in life is to get more land. To him, this is wealth, this is status. He starts out a simple man with simple hopes and ambitions, but as his situation improves, his greed grows. As Wang Lung builds his own personal empire, the world around him crumbles, and the China he knows changes. But no famines, wars, outside forces, or distractions, can keep him away from the land for long. When he comes to die, [...]
