The Good Earth cannot remember what I did with that manuscript." After Buck died in 1973, her heirs reported it stolen. It finally turned up at Freeman's Auctioneers & Appraisers in Philadelphia around 2007 when it was brought in for consignment. The FBI were notified and it was handed over by the consignor. The Good Earth The Good Earth is a novel by Pearl S. Buck published in 1931 that dramatizes family life in a Chinese village in the early 20th century. It is the first book in a trilogy that includes "Sons" (1932) and "A House Divided" (1935). It was the best-selling
Classic Chinese Novels these forms would not have the same level of prestige as poets or scholars of Chinese classics would have had. All four of the novels were written in a style that is a mixture of classical and vernacular Chinese, with some that are more completely vernacular than the others. For instance, "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is known for its mix of classical prose with folklore and popular narratives, while the "Dream of the Red Chamber" is known for the use of poetry within its mostly vernacular style. These four novels are thought to have popularized, and more importantly "legitimatized"