Uncle tom's cabin / Harriet Beecher Stowe

By:

Stowe Beecher Harriet, 1811-1896

Contributor(s):

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London : Townsend Press, 2005 Description: 180 pages : 18 cmISBN:

9781591940555

DDC classification:

813.3

LOC classification:

PS2954.U5

Contents:

Summary: 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.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Barcode
Books	Footprints International School Library Network Toul Kork Campus	Fiction	STO PS2954.U5 813.3 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available	2024-0866

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.

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