Thirty Acres

Thirty Acres (French: Trente arpents) is a novel by Canadian writer Philippe Panneton, published under the pen name Ringuet.^[1] First published in French in 1938, its English translation was published in 1940 and won the Governor General's Award for Fiction at the 1940 Governor General's Awards.^[1] It is considered one of the most important works in Quebec literature,^[1] and one of the most important exemplars of the roman du terroir genre.

The novel traces the life of Euchariste Moisan, a rural farmer in Quebec.^[1]

The novel's English edition remains in print as part of the New Canadian Library series.

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