Christmas Day in the Morning by Pearl S.Buck 1
Christmas Day in the Morning 1 by Pearl S. Buck
About Pearl S.Buck(1892-1973) A friend of Chinese people A Literature Nobel Prize Laureate(1938) 2
2 About Pearl S. Buck(1892-1973) A friend of Chinese people A Literature Nobel Prize Laureate(1938)
Pearl Buck(1892-1973),American novelist,best known for her sympathetic portrayals of peasant life in China. Her residence in China,her study of classics of Chinese literature,and her understanding of Chinese character enabled her to make Chinese civilization understandable and significant to Western readers. 3
3 Pearl Buck (1892-1973), American novelist, best known for her sympathetic portrayals of peasant life in China. Her residence in China, her study of classics of Chinese literature, and her understanding of Chinese character enabled her to make Chinese civilization understandable and significant to Western readers
Buck's novel The Good Earth(1931)was the first widely read book to describe Chinese culture with accuracy and sympathetic insight For her achievement she became,in 1938,the first American woman to win the Nobel Prize for literature. 4
4 Buck’s novel The Good Earth (1931) was the first widely read book to describe Chinese culture with accuracy and sympathetic insight. For her achievement she became, in 1938, the first American woman to win the Nobel Prize for literature
I should not be truly myself if I did not,in my own wholly unofficial way,speak also of the people of China,whose life has for so many years been my life also,whose life, indeed,must always be a part of my life.The minds of my own country and of China,my foster country,are alike in many ways, but above all,alike in our common love of freedom 5
5 I should not be truly myself if I did not, in my own wholly unofficial way, speak also of the people of China, whose life has for so many years been my life also, whose life, indeed, must always be a part of my life. The minds of my own country and of China, my foster country, are alike in many ways, but above all, alike in our common love of freedom