Uncle Tom's Cabin by Stowe, Harriet Beecher

Uncle Tom's Cabin (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780553212181)

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Uncle Tom's Cabin by Stowe, Harriet Beecher

Uncle Tom's Cabin

$5.95
Uncle Tom's Cabin by Stowe, Harriet Beecher

Uncle Tom's Cabin

$5.95
Format: Paperback
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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.

Author: Harriet Beecher Stowe
ISBN-10: 0553212184
ISBN-13: 9780553212181
Publisher: Bantam Classics
Language: English
Published: 12/01/1982
Pages: 544
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.56lbs
Size: 6.92h x 4.28w x 0.90d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 9.3
Point Value: 32
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 16725 / Uncle Tom's Cabin
By Harriet Beecher Stowe
By Harriet Beecher Stowe
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