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Before its first year in print was over, The Good Earth had been translated into German, French, Dutch, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian and Chinese and garnered a then unheard-of $50,000 from MGM studios to be made into a movie. This was the largest sum Hollywood had ever paid for the rights to a book. The irony that she was becoming wealthy during the Depression was not lost on her.
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Published on September 15, 2004
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