House of Earth: The Good Earth; Sons; A House Divided ...A portrayal of China in the midst of revolution. This trilogy starts with The Good Earth, a story of the honest farmer Wang Lung and his selfless wife O-lan and their struggles to survive the harsh realities of life in China during the reign of the last emperor. The vast political and social upheavals of the twentieth century were but distant rumblings for the ordinary people. Sons, the second in the trilogy, is a starkly real tale of sons rising against their honored fathers and tells of the bitter struggle to the death between the old and the new in China. Revolutions sweep the nation, leaving destruction and death in their wake, yet also promising emancipation to China's oppressed millions who are groping for a way to survive in a modern age. A House Divided, the third volume of the trilogy, sees Wang Yuan caught between the opposing ideas of different generations. After six years abroad, Yuan returns to China in the middle of a peasant uprising. His cousin is a captain in the revolutionary army, his sister has scandalized the family by her premarital pregnancy, and his warlord father continues to cling to his traditional ideals. It is through Yuan's efforts that a kind of peace is restored to the family. |
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... door . Then before they could draw a breath in surprise , Wang the Tiger blew his whistle and he shouted once to his men and they charged through the door upon the robber chiefs and each trusty man sprang upon the one whom Wang the ...
... door . Then before they could draw a breath in surprise , Wang the Tiger blew his whistle and he shouted once to his men and they charged through the door upon the robber chiefs and each trusty man sprang upon the one whom Wang the ...
Page 301
... door , and Wang the Merchant went to it and opened it and found Wang the Landlord there gaming with certain of his friends in a small room made hot with a brazier of coals . When Wang the Landlord saw his brother's head come in at the door ...
... door , and Wang the Merchant went to it and opened it and found Wang the Landlord there gaming with certain of his friends in a small room made hot with a brazier of coals . When Wang the Landlord saw his brother's head come in at the door ...
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... door lock , and there he was , alone and still alive . Three times did this thing happen . For during that day the cell was filled again with new young men , and again through that night and two more nights Yuan must hear them ...
... door lock , and there he was , alone and still alive . Three times did this thing happen . For during that day the cell was filled again with new young men , and again through that night and two more nights Yuan must hear them ...
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Ai-lan anger angry answered asked bought brother called child clothes country wife court cried Cuckoo daughter dead door earthen house elder eyes face farmer father fear feast felt gate girl gone grew guns hand harelipped hated head heard heart kill knew lady land laughed Leopard lips lived looked lord lord of war Lotus Lung's maid Meng mother never night O-lan old magistrate once passed Pear Blossom poor rice rich robbers robe rose seemed Sheng shouted silent silver slave smiled soldiers sons spoke stared stood strange street suddenly talk tea house tell thing thought told took town trusty turned uncle voice waited Wang Lung Wang the Eldest Wang the Landlord Wang the Merchant Wang the Second Wang the Tiger wife wine woman women words young Yuan