The Good Earth

Emma Wang

In two weeks I read The Good Earth. I started reading this story in the evening on the 8th of January and I finished reading it in the evening on the 18th of January. This is a very long story and it happened in China.

The author of this story is Pearl Buck. She was a famous writer all over the world, and she lived in China a long time.

There are lots of people in this story and the main people are Wang Lung and his wife O-lan. At first they are poor farmers and at last he has a lot of money.

Wang Lung is a farmer and he doesn’t have much knowledge. He married his wife O-lan and then they farmed in their fields and make a lot of money. When Wang Lung had more money, He began to employ workers to farm their fields. When Wang Lung was old, he was a more famous landlord in the local area.

This story is about Chinese farmers and this story's background is Chinese history. In Chinese history, Wang Lung is a typical farmer but not every farmer has a lot of money when they are old. Wang Lung has a clever wife O-lan. She helps Wang Lung to make more and more money. But at last Wang Lung has a lover. It’s so sad.

I think this book is very long and not very interesting, but it’s a good story about Chinese. The English level I rate as a little difficult but I still want to introduce this book to my friends.