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Stowe, Harriet Beecher

The moving abolitionist novel that fueled the fire of the human rights debate in 1852 and melodramatically condemned the institution of slavery through such powerfully realized characters as Tom, Eliza, Topsy, Eva, and Simon Legree. First published more than 150 years ago, this monumental work is today being reexamined by critics, scholars, and students. ...

Stowe, Harriet Beecher

Uncle Tom's Cabin is the most popular, influential and controversial book written by an American. Stowe's rich, panoramic novel passionately dramatises why the whole of America is implicated in and responsible for the sin of slavery, and resoundingly concludes that only ‘repentance, justice and mercy' will prevent the onset of ‘the wrath of Almighty God!'.The novel gave such a ...

Stowe, Harriet Beecher

Includes the unabridged text of Stowe's classic novel plus a complete study guide that helps readers gain a thorough understanding of the work's content and context. The comprehensive guide includes chapter-by-chapter summaries, explanations and discussions of the plot, question-and-answer sections, author biography, analytical paper topics, list of characters, bibliography, an...

Harriett Beecher Stowe

Stowe, Harriet Beecher

The story of a slave struggling to maintain his dignity during the pre-Civil War era,Uncle Tom's Cabin was published in 1852 to tremendous success. Since then, the book has received significant acclaim and invoked controversy. Many believe it was an important step on the road to the Civil War, but others feel it encouraged stereotypes still fought against today. Yet all can agr...

Stowe, Harriet Beecher

The first black hero of literature, Harriet Beecher Stowe's Tom is a slave who suffers for refusing to obey his white oppressors. Few books have changed the world as much as Uncle Tom's Cabin, which was published in 1852, nine years before the start of the American Civil War. It galvanized opposition to slavery in the free states, vividly dramatizing slavery's cruelties for mas...

Stowe, Harriet Beecher

Stowe, Harriet Beecher

Pocos libros han tenido una significación más honda y una influencia más determinante en la vida social y política de un país, como el publicado por la novelista Harriet Bcecher Stowe a mediados del siglo XIX: La cabaña del tío Tom.Esta obra, íntimamente ligada al sistema esclavista que predominaba en los estados del sur de los Estados Unidos, ocupa un lugar más elevado en la h...