Books with author Pearl S Buck

This tells the poignant tale of a Chinese farmer and his family in old agrarian China. The humble Wang Lung glories in the soil he works, nurturing the land as it nurtures him and his family. Nearby, the nobles of the House of Hwang consider themselves above the land and its workers; but they will soon meet their own downfall. Hard times come upon Wang Lung and his family when flood and drought force them to seek work in the city. The working people riot, breaking into the homes of the rich and forcing them to flee. When Wang Lung shows mercy to one noble and is rewarded, he begins to rise in the world, even as the House of Hwang falls

A accurate portrayal of Tzu Hsi from available resources and the memory of how Chinese women felt about her. She was the Imperial woman. Good and evil mangled in her, but always in her rook dimensioned. She resisted modern change is long as she could, for she believed that the old was better than the new. When she saw change was Arab inevitable, she accepted it with grace but an unchanged heart.