Papers of Pearl S. Buck, 1940 and n.d.

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Papers of Pearl S. Buck, 1940 and n.d.

Letter and typescript manuscript, "On the Writing of a Play" by Buck, also a biographical essay about her with her signed approval.

1 folder

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SNAC Resource ID: 8325881

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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Buck, Pearl S. (Pearl Sydenstricker), 1892-1973

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Pearl S. Buck was the daughter of American missionary parents, and spent the first seventeen years of her life in China. Her third novel, The Good Earth, won the Pulitzer Prize, and a Nobel Prize for literature followed, citing The Good Earth as well as her biographies of her parents. Critical reception for her works has been mixed since these early successes. A prolific and optimistic author, most of her fiction is set in China, and she displays great affection for the place and her characters....