Pearl S. Buck's The Good Earth (1931) | Book Review and Analysis

The Nobel Prize in Literature for 1938 was awarded to Pearl S. Buck. This is a reflection on her literary masterpiece, The Good Earth, for which the author received the Pulitzer Prize. Contents: 00:00 – Introduction 01:07 – About Pearl S. Buck and The Good Earth, and the Nobel citation 02:27 – Plot 03:25 – Protagonist 04:18 – Style 05:23 – Theme: the dignity of work 06:32 – Theme: money and power 07:55 – Theme: rural vs. urban space 08:57 – Theme: gender and age gaps 10:48 – The film adaption (Sidney Franklin, 1937) 13:07 – Pearl S. Buck on The Good Earth (from My Several Worlds) 16:39 – 😂 17:10 – The graphic novel adaptation (Nick Bertozzi, 2017) 18:20 – Bottom line