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Uncle Tom's Cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe
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Description for Uncle Tom's Cabin
Paperback. When a Kentucky farmer faces financial ruin, he reluctantly sells his slaves, and Uncle Tom finds himself the property of a cruel plantation owner, fighting for his freedom and ultimately, for his right to live. This book is written by one of America's most influential female novelists and was crucial in helping to secure the abolition of slavery. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 33. Weight in Grams: 368.
Beecher Stowe’s vivid descriptions uncover the harrowing situations faced by slaves in Civil War America.
When a Kentucky farmer faces financial ruin, he reluctantly sells his slaves, and Uncle Tom finds himself the property of a cruel plantation owner, fighting for his freedom and ultimately, for his right to live. With a rich narrative and wonderfully realised characters, this is a panoramic, incredibly accomplished work. Originally published to much acclaim in 1852, it quickly established Harriet Beecher Stowe as one of America’s most influential female novelists and was crucial in helping to secure the abolition of slavery.
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
512
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099595830
SKU
V9780099595830
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About Harriet Beecher Stowe
Harriet Beecher Stowe was born in 1811, one of ten children of famous minister Lyman Beecher. She moved to Ohio in 1832 and was introduced to the slavery debates, marrying the professor and staunch abolitionist Calvin Stowe with whom she had seven children. In 1850 the Fugitive Slave Law was passed, punishing anyone who offered runaway slaves food or shelter ... Read more
Reviews for Uncle Tom's Cabin
Its power is that it never makes light of slavery and its attendant vast misery
John Updike
New Yorker
A century and a half since its publication, Uncle Tom's Cabin retains a fascination for Americans… it stoked a furious hostility among many Americans to the continuation of slavery in their own Southern states
Daily Telegraph
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John Updike
New Yorker
A century and a half since its publication, Uncle Tom's Cabin retains a fascination for Americans… it stoked a furious hostility among many Americans to the continuation of slavery in their own Southern states
Daily Telegraph
... Read more