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Pearl S. Buck Imperial Woman
New York The John Day Company 1956 Cloth Good
Previous owners name is on first blank page. The story of Tzu Hsi is the story of the last Empress in China. In the novel Nobel Prize winner Pearl S. Buck recreates the life of one of the most intriguing rulers during a time of intense turbulence. Tzu Hsi was born into one of the lowly ranks of the Imperial dynasty. According to custom, she moved to the Forbidden City at the age of seventeen to become one of hundreds of concubines. But her singular beauty and powers of manipulation quickly moved her into the position of Second Consort. Tzu Hsi was feared and hated by many in the court, but adored by the people. The Empress's rise to power (even during her husband's life) parallels the story of China's transition from the ancient to the modern way. Pearl S. Buck's knowledge of and fascination with the Empress's life are contagious. She reveals the essence of this self-involved and infamous last Empress, at the same time she takes the reader through China's struggle for freedom and democracy.
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Pearl S. Buck Portrait of a Marriage
Chicago, IL Peoples Book Club cloth Good
Searching for inspiration & a suitable subject for his paintings, the son of a wealthy family comes across a simple country home with a lovely daughter. Struck by her beauty & simplicity, he paints his best picture ever of her working in her parents' kitchen. Returning to the wealthy world of his parents, he cannot forget the girl & returns to marry her. The book follows the subsequent ups & downs of a marriage between a poor hard-working girl and a man accustomed to wealth and leisure, how their love impacts those around them & especially each other. Set in the early 1900's and extending past World War II, it also is a novel evocative of our country's roots.
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Pearl S. Buck The Good Earth
New York Washington Square Press 2004 07438723935 Trade Paperback Fair
Previous owners name on front page. A poignant tale about the life and labors of a Chinese farmer during the sweeping reign of the countryıs last emperor.
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Pearl S. Buck The Good Earth
New York Pocket Books 1994 0671510126 / 9780671510121 Mass Market Paperback Very Good
A poignant tale about the life and labors of a Chinese farmer during the sweeping reign of the countryıs last emperor.
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Pearl S. Buck The Good Earth
New York Pocket Books 1994 0671510126 / 9780671510121 Trade Paperback As New
A poignant tale about the life and labors of a Chinese farmer during the sweeping reign of the countryıs last emperor.
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Pearl S. Buck The Good Earth
Pleasantville, NY Reader's Digest Association, Inc. 1992 0895774135 / 9780895774132 Hard Cover Very Good
A poignant tale about the life and labors of a Chinese farmer during the sweeping reign of the countryıs last emperor.
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Pearl S. Buck The Good Earth
New York Washington Square Press 1994 0671510126 / 9780671510121 Trade Paperback Very Good
The New York Times A comment upon the meaning and tragedy of life as it is lived in any age in any quarter of the globe. Pittsburgh Post Gazette One of the most important and revealing novels of our time. Boston Transcript One need never have lived in China or know anything about the Chinese to understand it or respond to its appeal.
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Pearl S. Buck The Mother
New York Pocket Books 1934 Mass Market Paperback Fair
Previous owners name is on first blank page. Within this novel Ms. Buck paints the portrait of a poor woman living in a remote village whose joys are few and hardships are many. As the ancient traditions, which she bases her philosophies upon, begin to collide with the new ideals of the communist era, this peasant woman must find a balance between them and deal with the consequences.
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