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Selling more than 300,000 copies the first year it was published, Stowe's powerful abolitionist novel fueled the fire of the human rights debate in 1852. Denouncing the institution of slavery in dramatic terms, the incendiary novel quickly draws the reader into the world of slaves... Read Full Overview

In light of accumulating significant debts, Arthur Shelby, a farmer from Kentucky, finds himself on the verge of losing his entire estate. Despite his and his wife's compassionate treatment of their slaves, Shelby is compelled to sell two of them to Mr. Haley, a rugged slave... Read Full Overview

This edition includes 26 illustrations. "Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly", is an anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe. Published in 1852, the novel "helped lay the groundwork for the Civil War", according to Will Kaufman. Stowe, a Connecticut-born... Read Full Overview

Published in 1852, Harriet Beecher Stowe?s novel was a powerful indictment of slavery in America. Describing the many trials and eventual escape to freedom of the long-suffering, good-hearted slave Uncle Tom, it aimed to show how Christian love can overcome any human cruelty... Read Full Overview

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If you've never read this famous classic novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe about the life and martyr's death of a beautiful person and slave affectionately named Uncle Tom, you're in for a treat! The story is filled with beautiful symbolism of a love that transcends and someone... Read Full Overview

The novel that changed the course of American history

When Harriet Beecher Stowe was introduced to Abraham Lincoln in 1862, the president reportedly said, "So this is the little woman who made this great war." Apocryphal or not, the words were apt. Uncle Tom's Cabin portrayal of the evils of institutionalized slavery galvanized... Read Full Overview

La caba a del t o Tom materializa el sentir de los abolicionistas de su tiempo, su narrativa refiere escenas del diario vivir y su lectura despierta fort simas emociones.

In the nineteenth century, Uncle Tom's Cabin sold more copies than any book in the world except the Bible. Upon publication, it was quickly translated into thirty-seven languages and has never gone out of print. It remains a controversial and complex text that, along with David... Read Full Overview

Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly, is an anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe. Published in 1852, the novel "helped lay the groundwork for the Civil War," according to Will Kaufman. Stowe, a Connecticut-born teacher at the Hartford Female Seminary... Read Full Overview

This annotated edition of " Uncle Tom's Cabin " includes: Plot Summary Characters Analysis Historical Context Biography Step into the pages of American history with "Uncle Tom's Cabin," a timeless masterpiece that continues to resonate with readers around the world. Written by... Read Full Overview

This annotated edition of " Uncle Tom's Cabin " includes: Plot Summary Characters Analysis Historical Context Biography Step into the pages of American history with "Uncle Tom's Cabin," a timeless masterpiece that continues to resonate with readers around the world. Written by... Read Full Overview

Declared worthless and dehumanizing by James Baldwin in 1949, "Uncle Tom's Cabin" has lacked literary credibility for fifty years. Now, in a ringing refutation of Baldwin, Henry Louis Gates Jr. demonstrates the literary transcendence of Harriet Beecher Stowe's masterpiece. "Uncle... Read Full Overview