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(0)Pearl S. Buck
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English
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Under regular Japanese bombardment, American doctors Gray Thompson and Sara Durand run a beleaguered Chinese hospital in the strategic village of Wan Li. Newly returned from a fundraising trip home, Thompson delivers another explosive payload: his new society wife, who is unprepared for the rigors of war and jealously possessive of her husband.
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Language
English
Description
A young farmer named Wang Lung marries a selfless, loyal slave girl, O-Lan. Wang is initially devoted to the land and rises to prosperity. Later, however, Wang deserts the land and takes a second wife and tragedy threatens to overwhelm him. Eventually Wang realizes that the land and O-Lan mean more to him than his wealth.