 First edition | |
| Author | Erskine Caldwell |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Viking Press |
Publication date | 1933 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| OCLC | 30624122 |
| 813/.52 20 | |
| LC Class | PS3505.A322 G6 1995 |
God's Little Acre is a 1933 novel by Erskine Caldwell about a dysfunctional farming family in Georgia obsessed with sex and wealth. The novel's sexual themes were so controversial that the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice asked a New York state court to censor it. Although controversial, the novel became an international best seller with over 10 million copies sold,[1] and was published as an Armed Services Edition during WWII. God's Little Acre is Caldwell's most popular novel, although his reputation is often tied to his 1932 novel Tobacco Road, which was listed in the Modern Library 100 Best Novels.[1] God's Little Acre was later adapted as a 1958 film starring Robert Ryan.
- ^ a b "Tobacco Road and God's Little Acre". New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2016-04-08.