{"product_id":"9781471151873","title":"The Good Earth","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Pearl S. Buck\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 14 January 2016 by Simon \u0026amp; Schuster Ltd in the United Kingdom as part of 'the AN AMERICAN CLASSIC' series.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 368 pages\u003cbr\u003e132 x 197 x 24 | 260g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen O-lan, a servant girl, marries the peasant Wang Lung, she toils tirelessly through four pregnancies for their family's survival. Reward at first is meagre, but there is sustenance in the land - until the famine comes. Half-starved, the family joins thousands of peasants to beg on the city streets. It seems that all is lost, until O-lan's desperate will to survive returns them home with undreamt of wealth. But they have betrayed the earth from which true wealth springs, and the family's money breeds only mistrust, deception - and heartbreak for the woman who had saved them. The Good Earthis a riveting family saga and story of female sacrifice - a classic of twentieth-century literature.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Far From The Madding Crowd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49787228455171,"sku":"9781471151873","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0404\/3207\/4914\/files\/9781471151873.jpg?v=1791645684","url":"https:\/\/www.maddingcrowdlinlithgow.com\/products\/9781471151873","provider":"Far From The Madding Crowd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}