One character in this novel is a former member of a band of thieves called the Redbeards. Anotherof 
One character in this novel is a former member of a band of thieves called the Redbeards. Anotherof its characters feels betrayed when two pearls she'd asked to keep are made into earrings and hatesthe slave Cuckoo. This novel is the first part of a trilogy that also contains Sons and A House Divided.During a riot in this novel, the protagonist's wife finds a cache of jewels, while the protagonist is paidoff by a rich man whose house is being looted, allowing him to quit his job pulling a (*) rickshaw. Thisnovel's protagonist buys land from the House of Hwang and purchases the concubine Lotus, leading him toneglect his wife O-Lan. For 10 points, name this novel about the Chinese peasant Wang Lung, written byPearl S. Buck.
One character in this novel is a former member of a band of thieves called the Redbeards.
The Good Earth