UNCLE TOM'S CABIN: or Life among the Lowly
by HARRIET BEECHER STOWE
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
This is a fine illustrated edition (1991) of Uncle Tom's Cabin, the famous anti-slavery novel written in 1852 by the American teacher and abolitionist Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896). It is credited with laying the groundwork for the American Civil War.
It looks like the drawings are reproductions of the originals.
416 pages. The original Reader's Digest insert is inside. Until now, this book had not been opened. It is in mint condition.
Synopsis
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.
Reviews
Excellent book to gain empathy and insight into the enslaved pathos, struggle and plight! This book presents well designed ideas to ennoble and elivate the human race as brothers, and sisters of a common God, and Father of us all.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Louise Aird (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1118
- Title
- UNCLE TOM'S CABIN
- Author
- HARRIET BEECHER STOWE
- Format/Binding
- Mint Condition
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Readers Digest
- Place of Publication
- United States
- Date Published
- 1991
- Pages
- 416
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- anti-slavery
- Bookseller catalogs
- American Society; American History; American Fiction;
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