''Thirty Acres'' (french: Trente arpents) is a novel by
Canadian
Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of ...
writer
Philippe Panneton
Philippe Panneton (or Joseph-Philippe Panneton, pseudonym Ringuet, which was his mother's maiden name; April 30, 1895 – December 28, 1960) was a Canadian physician, academic, diplomat and writer.
Born in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, he received a de ...
, published under the pen name Ringuet.
["Trente Arpents"]
at The Canadian Encyclopedia
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Available fo ...
. First published in French in 1938, it was published in an English translation in 1940 and won the
Governor General's Award for Fiction at the
1940 Governor General's Awards.
It is considered one of the most important works in
Quebec literature
This is an article about literature in Quebec.
16th and 17th centuries
During this period, the society of New France was being built with great difficulty. The French merchants contracted to transport colonists did not respect their end of t ...
,
and one of the most important exemplars of the ''
roman du terroir The ''roman du terroir'' (rural novel) was strongly present in French Quebec literature from 1846 to 1945. It had as its goal the celebration of rural life during a period of rapid industrialization. The clergy and the state encouraged this type of ...
'' genre.
The novel traces the life of Euchariste Moisan, a rural farmer in
Quebec
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.
The novel's English edition remains in print as part of the
New Canadian Library
The New Canadian Library is a publishing imprint of the Canadian company McClelland and Stewart. The series aims to present classic works of Canadian literature in paperback. Each work published in the series includes a short essay by another nota ...
series.
References
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1938 Canadian novels
Governor General's Award-winning fiction books
Canadian French-language novels
New Canadian Library
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