The Good Earth 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 novel in the United States in both 1931 and 1932, won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1932, and was influential in Buck's winning the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1938. Buck, who grew up in China as the daughter of missionaries, wrote the book while living in China and
Chung Sai Yat Po also covered female scholastic achievements in American colleges or professional schools and other women's rights victories. The paper's reports on women's emancipation in China led to discussions on Chinese American emancipation and women's subordinate role in America. These news pieces added to the American women's suffrage movement. The paper's promotion of Christian values and non-partisan political stance created a rivalry between it and "Sai Gai Yat Po" (世界日報), also known as "Chinese World Daily" (1909 – 1969). "Sai Gai Yat Po" was another major Chinese language newspaper in the United States, which followed Confucianism and supported revolutionary forces in China.