01293nam a22002657a 4500 4137 FISKH 20240611130709.0 240611b cb ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 9781591940555 FISKH eng FISKH FISKH PS2954.U5 813.3 Stowe Beecher Harriet 1811-1896 Uncle tom's cabin / Harriet Beecher Stowe London : Townsend Press, 2005 180 pages : 18 cm M The novel Uncle Tom's Cabin, by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe, focuses on a slave named Uncle Tom to weave a portrayal of the cruelty of slavery, finding redemption in the idea that Christian love can conquer something so destructive. It turned out to be the bestselling novel of the nineteenth century, helping to further the abolitionist cause after publication in 1852. At the start of the American Civil War Abraham Lincoln met Stowe and is said to have declared "So this is the little lady who made this big war." The novel had a major effect on people's attitudes towards slavery at the time. 660 Lexile M Raz-Plus Harriet Beecher Stowe ddc BK 0 4137 4137 0 0 ddc 0 0 FIC 001 001 TTP 2024-06-11 0 STO PS2954.U5 813.3 2024-0866 2024-06-11 13:08:13 1 2024-06-11 BK