''Thirty Acres'' () is a novel by

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writer Philippe Panneton, published under the pen name Ringuet."Trente Arpents"
at

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. 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, 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

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. The novel's English edition remains in print as part of the

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series.

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* 1938 Canadian novels Governor General's Award–winning fiction books Canadian French-language novels New Canadian Library {{Canada-novel-stub