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Peony

Peony

by Pearl S. Buck

FictionJewsHistoryChina, fictionJews, fiction
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The life of a bondservant is inextricably related to the Jewish family she serves in this historic novel of K'aifeng Jews in the early 1800s.

Themes & subjects

FictionJewsHistoryChina, fictionJews, fictionAmerican fiction (fictional works by one author)

Setting

China

About the author

Pearl S. Buck
Pearl S. Buck

26 June 1892 – 6 March 1973

Pearl S. Buck had always lived in China except for the time she spent in the United States when she was being educated. She studied at Randolph-Macon College and at Cornell University. She taught at the University of Nanking and at the Government University in Nanking under two national regimes. She lived in Nanking during the 1930's. *The Good Earth* was Mrs. Buck's second published novel. *East Wind: West Wind* appeared under the John Day imprint in 1930. She contributed articles and stories to various magazines, among them *The Atlantic Monthly, The Nation*, and *Asia*.

Author

Pearl S. Buck

Pages

326

Read time

≈ 8h

Editions

36

Languages

English, French, German

Publisher

Open Road Integrated Media, Inc.

ISBN

9789756544488

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