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Park women, properly so called, are those degraded creatures, utterly lost to all sense of shame, who wander about the paths most frequented after nightfall in the Parks, and consent to any species of humiliation for the sake of acquiring a few shillings
Pearl S. Buck
Born: June 26, 1892
Died: March 6, 1973 (aged 80)
Bio: Pearl Sydenstricker Buck, also known by her Chinese name Sai Zhenzhu, was an American writer and novelist. As the daughter of missionaries, Buck spent most of her life before 1934 in China.
Known for:
- The Good Earth (1931)
- East Wind: West Wind (1930)
- A House Divided (1935)
- Dragon Seed (1942)
- Imperial Woman (1956)
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