But now a booming economy has transformed their lives. Hilary Spurling sees the changes for herself...
但是现在蒸蒸日上的经济改变了她们的生活。
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Spurling points out that, although Buck's most famous novel, the Good Earth, is still in print, the author is' virtually forgotten.
斯普林指出，尽管赛珍珠最著名的小说《大地》至今仍在出版，但这位作家其实已被忘记。
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Nor does she make great claims for Buck’s work, with the exception of “Fighting Angel, ” a life of her father, which Spurling believes “has the makings of a 20th-century classic.”