Uncle Tom's Cabin: Or, Life Among the Lowly Harriet Beecher Stowe

Uncle Tom's Cabin: Or, Life Among the Lowly

Author: Harriet Beecher Stowe
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Uncle Tom's Cabin: Or, Life Among the Lowly
Author
Harriet Beecher Stowe
ISBN
9780140390032
The novel that changed the course of American history Published in 1852, Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel was a powerful indictment of slavery in America. Describing the many trials and eventual escape to freedom of the long-suffering, good-hearted slave Uncle Tom, it aimed to show how Christian love can overcome any human cruelty. Uncle Tom's Cabin has remained controversial to this day, seen as either a vital milestone in the anti-slavery cause or as a patronising stereotype of African-Americans, yet it played a crucial role in the eventual abolition of slavery and remains one of the most important American novels ever written. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.Binding Type: PaperbackAuthor: Harriet Beecher StowePublisher: Penguin GroupPublished: 06/25/1981ISBN: 9780140390032Pages: 640Weight: 0.99lbsSize: 7.70h x 5.10w x 1.10dAccelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 16725 / Uncle Tom's CabinReading Level: 9.3 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 32
The novel that changed the course of American history

Published in 1852, Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel was a powerful indictment of slavery in America. Describing the many trials and eventual escape to freedom of the long-suffering, good-hearted slave Uncle Tom, it aimed to show how Christian love can overcome any human cruelty. Uncle Tom's Cabin has remained controversial to this day, seen as either a vital milestone in the anti-slavery cause or as a patronising stereotype of African-Americans, yet it played a crucial role in the eventual abolition of slavery and remains one of the most important American novels ever written.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Harriet Beecher Stowe
Publisher: Penguin Group
Published: 06/25/1981
ISBN: 9780140390032
Pages: 640
Weight: 0.99lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.10w x 1.10d
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 16725 / Uncle Tom's Cabin
Reading Level: 9.3 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 32
The novel that changed the course of American history

Published in 1852, Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel was a powerful indictment of slavery in America. Describing the many trials and eventual escape to freedom of the long-suffering, good-hearted slave Uncle Tom, it aimed to show how Christian love can overcome any human cruelty. Uncle Tom's Cabin has remained controversial to this day, seen as either a vital milestone in the anti-slavery cause or as a patronising stereotype of African-Americans, yet it played a crucial role in the eventual abolition of slavery and remains one of the most important American novels ever written.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Harriet Beecher Stowe
Publisher: Penguin Group
Published: 06/25/1981
ISBN: 9780140390032
Pages: 640
Weight: 0.99lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.10w x 1.10d
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 16725 / Uncle Tom's Cabin
Reading Level: 9.3 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 32