Sons
1932 • 815 pages

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The second installment in Pearl S. Buck’s acclaimed Good Earth trilogy: the powerful story of three brothers whose greed will bring their family to the brink of ruin Sons begins where The Good Earth ended: Revolution is sweeping through China. Wang Lung is on his deathbed in the house of his fathers, and his three sons stand ready to inherit his hard-won estate. One son has taken the family’s wealth for granted and become a landlord; another is a thriving merchant and moneylender; the youngest, an ambitious general, is destined to be a leader in the country. Through all his life’s changes, Wang did not anticipate that each son would hunger to sell his beloved land for maximum profit. At once a tribute to early Chinese fiction, a saga of family dissension, and a depiction of the clashes between old and new, Sons is a vivid and compelling masterwork of fiction. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Pearl S. Buck including rare images from the author’s estate.


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#2 in House of Earth

House of Earth is a 3-book series with 3 released primary works first released in 1931 with contributions by Pearl S. Buck.

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The Good Earth
#2
Sons
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A House Divided

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Her writing style is so captivating. It's a book about people and it tells a good story. I wish George RR Martin had left me feeling as fulfilled with his first book. This is not a read that overwhelms with characters and doesn't resolve a large plot . It's captivating and well written.

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