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Is contained inThree Novels : Uncle Tom's Cabin; The Minister's Wooing; Oldtown Folks by Harriet Beecher Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin (Everyman's Library, 206) [Hardcover] [1995] (Author) Harriet Beecher Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin / Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave by Frederick Douglass Has the adaptationClassics Illustrated: Uncle Tom's Cabin by Evelyn Goodman Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin: Or, Life Among the Lowly. A Domestic Drama, in Six Acts by George L. Aiken Aelwyd f'ewythr Roberts ; neu, Hanes caban f'ewythr Tomos by William Rees Is abridged inIs expanded inHas as a student's study guide
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0553212184, Mass Market Paperback)Uncle Tom, Topsy, Sambo, Simon Legree, little Eva: their names are American bywords, and all of them are characters in Harriet Beecher Stowe's remarkable novel of the pre-Civil War South. Uncle Tom's Cabin was revolutionary in 1852 for its passionate indictment of slavery and for its presentation of Tom, "a man of humanity," as the first black hero in American fiction. Labeled racist and condescending by some contemporary critics, it remains a shocking, controversial, and powerful work -- exposing the attitudes of white nineteenth-century society toward "the peculiar institution" and documenting, in heartrending detail, the tragic breakup of black Kentucky families "sold down the river." An immediate international sensation, Uncle Tom's Cabin sold 300,000 copies in the first year, was translated into thirty-seven languages, and has never gone out of print: its political impact was immense, its emotional influence immeasurable.(retrieved from Amazon Thu, 12 Mar 2015 18:13:17 -0400) First published 1852 |
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