God's Little Acre

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God's Little Acre
Author Erskine Caldwell
Country United States
Language English
Genre(s) Novel
Publisher Grosset & Dunlap
Publication date 1933
Media type Print (Hardback & Paperback)
ISBN Not applicable

God's Little Acre is a 1933 novel by Erskine Caldwell, which was made into a film of the same name in 1958.

The novel was so controversial that a literary board in New York attempted to censor it, leading to the author's being arrested and tried for obscenity. Exonerated after a jury trial, the author counter-sued the literary society for false arrest and malicious prosecution.

It is laced throughout with racy innuendo, calling into question the issue of marital fidelity.

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