Uncle Toms Cabin Hardcover - 2013

In Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriett Beecher Stowe, the title character Uncle Tom is a long-suffering slave, loyal to both his faith and his master. Presented with an opportunity to escape, he instead chooses to remain in slavery to avoid embarrassing his master. After being sold to a slave trader, Tom suffers brutal treatment and is eventually beaten to death for his refusal to betray his friends — made to represent an ideal of true Christianity. Enormously popular (it was the best-selling novel of the 19th century) and influential, it’s publication in 1852 was instrumental in bringing visibility to the cruel reality of slavery. In more recent years, it has come under considerable criticism for its portrayal of meekness and subservience and the phrase “Uncle Tom” is sometimes used as an epithet for someone seen as overly subservient. 

Details

• Title Uncle Toms Cabin
• Author H. Beecher Stowe; Harriet Beecher Stowe
• Binding Hardcover
• Edition First Edition Th
• Pages 450
• Volumes 1
• Language ENG
• Publisher Sterling, New York
• Date 2013-03
• ISBN 9781435136427 / 143513642X
• Dimensions 8.43 x 5.83 x 1.46 in (21.41 x 14.81 x 3.71 cm)
• Library of Congress subjects Fugitive slaves, Political fiction
• Library of Congress Catalog Number 2012464502
• Dewey Decimal Code FIC