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Pearl S. Buck

26 June 1892 - 6 March 1973

Pearl S. Buck had always lived in China except for the time she spent in the United States when she was being educated. She studied at Randolph-Macon College and at Cornell University. She taught at the University of Nanking and at the Government University in Nanking under two national regimes. She lived in Nanking during the 1930's.
The Good Earth was Mrs. Buck's second published novel. East Wind: West Wind appeared under the John Day imprint in 1930. She contributed articles and stories to various magazines, among them The Atlantic Monthly, The Nation, and Asia.

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  • Cover of: The good earth

    First published in 1548 170 editions in 13 languages — 21 previewable Cover of edition labuenatierra0000buck Cover of edition pearlbucksgoodea0000good Cover of edition goodearthpearlsb0000unse_n2c3 Cover of edition laterrechinoiser0000buck Cover of edition pearlsbucksgoode0000rode_d1l0 Cover of edition goodearthpacemak00glob Cover of edition goodearth0000buck_u5l2 Cover of edition goodearth0000buck_s6t7 Cover of edition goodearth0000buck_e3z8
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  • Cover of: Imperial Woman

    First published in 1955 33 editions in 4 languages — 5 previewable Cover of edition imperatricedechi0000buck Cover of edition imperialwoman00buck Cover of edition imperialwoman00buck_0 Cover of edition imperialwomannov00buck
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  • Cover of: Dragon seed

    First published in 1941 47 editions in 7 languages — 2 previewable Cover of edition dragonseed00buck
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  • Cover of: Death in the castle: a novel

    First published in 1965 15 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition deathincastlenov0000buck
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  • Cover of: Pavilion of Women

    First published in 1900 46 editions in 5 languages — 6 previewable Cover of edition pavilionofwomen0000buck_s9q7 Cover of edition pavillondefemmes0000buck Cover of edition pavilionofwomen00buck Cover of edition pavillionofwomen00buck Cover of edition pavilionofwome00buck
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  • Cover of: The Big Wave

    First published in 1947 23 editions in 1 language — 4 previewable Cover of edition bigwave0000buck_f7m7 Cover of edition bigwave0000buck Cover of edition bigwave00buck
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  • Cover of: This Proud Heart

    First published in 1938 15 editions in 4 languages — 2 previewable Cover of edition questoindomitocu0000buck
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  • Cover of: The story Bible: Old and New Testaments

    First published in 1971 12 editions in 2 languages — 3 previewable Cover of edition storybible0000buck Cover of edition storybible0000buck_x0c4
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  • Cover of: The Patriot

    First published in 1939 28 editions in 6 languages — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Prentice Hall: Literature: Bronze

    First published in 2001 2 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition literature00pren_0
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  • Cover of: All under heaven: a novel

    First published in 1973 5 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The Christmas ghost.

    First published in 1960 3 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The water-buffalo children

    First published in 1943 5 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The living reed: a novel.

    First published in 1963 18 editions in 4 languages — 2 previewable Cover of edition livingreed0000buck
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  • Cover of: The promise

    First published in 1943 20 editions in 3 languages — 2 previewable Cover of edition dasgelobnis00buck
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  • Cover of: The long love

    First published in 1949 9 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition longlove00sedg Cover of edition longlove00buck
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  • Cover of: East wind, west wind

    First published in 1930 34 editions in 6 languages — 4 previewable Cover of edition vientodelestevie00pear Cover of edition ostwindwestwind0000unse Cover of edition eastwindwestwind0000buck
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  • Cover of: Sons

    First published in 1932 39 editions in 6 languages — 5 previewable Cover of edition sons00buck Cover of edition sons0000buck_q1a2 Cover of edition sons00pear Cover of edition sonsgoodearthtri00buck
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  • Cover of: The new year

    First published in 1968 21 editions in 4 languages — 4 previewable Cover of edition newyearbuck00buck Cover of edition newyearnovel00buck Cover of edition newyearnovel0000buck
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  • Cover of: Portrait of a marriage

    First published in 1941 21 editions in 3 languages — 1 previewable
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Subjects
Fiction, History, Social life and customs, China, fiction, Fiction in English, American fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, general, Children's fiction, Families, Fiction, historical, general, Juvenile fiction, Large type books, Manners and customs, Biography, Women, World War, 1939-1945, American literature, China, Family, Man-woman relationships, Missions, Race relations, American Novelists, Civilization, Fiction, historical
Places
China, United States, Japan, Asia, Glendale College Library, Illinois River, India, Korea, Oklahoma, Ozark Mountains, Tahlequah, Amazon rainforest, Beijing (China), Calcutta, Caribbean, Dublin, East Asia, England, Germany, Ireland, Justice of the Peace Court, Kansas, Middle East, Missouri, New England
People
Pearl S. Buck (1892-1973), Absalom Sydenstricker (1852-1931), Billy Colman, Caroline (Stulting) Sydenstricker (1857-1921), Caroline Stulting Sydenstricker (1857-1921), Grandpa, Little Ann, Mama, Mrs. Pritchard, Old Dan, Old Man Pritchard, Papa, Rainie, Rubin, Yat-sen Sun (1866-1925), Abner Snopes, Absalom Sydenstricker, Absalom Sydenstricker (1852-1931,), Amanda Wingfield, Bartleby, Bill Hutchinson, Caroline Stulting Sydenstricker Mrs. (1857-1921), Cicero, Cixi Empress dowager of China (1835-1908), General Zaroff
Time
20th century, 1937-1945, 1928-1937, 1945-, 19th century, 20th Century, 1864-1919, 1890's on I presume, 1908, 1912-1928, 1912-1949, 1918-1933, 1949-1976, 1950-, 960-1644, Civil War, 1861-1865, Ming dai, Ming dynasty, 1368-1644, Roughly between WWI and WW2, Song dynasty, 960-1279, Yuan dynasty, 1260-1368

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