Uncle Tom's cabin / Harriet Beecher Stowe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 811-1896.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Uncle Tom (Fictitious character)--Fiction.

Uncle Tom (Fictitious character).

African Americans--Fiction.

African Americans.

Plantation life--Fiction.

Plantation life.

Fugitive slaves--Fiction.

Fugitive slaves.

Southern States--Fiction.

Southern States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (952 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

[Auckland, New Zealand] : Floating Press, 1852.

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...

Contents:

Title; Contents; VOLUME I; Chapter I In Which the Reader is Introduced to a Man of Humanity; Chapter II The Mother; Chapter III The Husband and Father; Chapter IV An Evening in Uncle Tom's Cabin; Chapter V Showing the Feelings of Living Property on Changing Owners; Chapter VI Discovery; Chapter VII The Mother's Struggle; Chapter VIII Eliza's Escape; Chapter IX In Which it Appears that a Senator is but a Man; Chapter X The Property is Carried Off; Chapter XI In Which Property Gets into an Improper State of Mind; Chapter XII Select Incident of Lawful Trade; Chapter XIII The Quaker Settlement

Chapter XIV EvangelineChapter XV Of Tom's New Master, and Various Other Matters; Chapter XVI Tom's Mistress and Her Opinions; Chapter XVII The Freeman's Defence; Chapter XVIII Miss Ophelia's Experiences and Opinions; VOLUME II; Chapter XIX Miss Ophelia's Experiences and Opinions Continued; Chapter XX Topsy; Chapter XXI Kentuck; Chapter XXII ""The Grass Withereth-The Flower Fadeth""; Chapter XXIII Henrique; Chapter XXIV Foreshadowings; Chapter XXV The Little Evangelist; Chapter XXVI Death; Chapter XXVII ""This is the Last of Earth""; Chapter XXVIII Reunion; Chapter XXIX The Unprotected

Chapter XXX The Slave WarehouseChapter XXXI The Middle Passage; Chapter XXXII Dark Places; Chapter XXXIII Cassy; Chapter XXXIV The Quadroon's Story; Chapter XXXV The Tokens; Chapter XXXVI Emmeline and Cassy; Chapter XXXVII Liberty; Chapter XXXVIII The Victory; Chapter XXXIX The Stratagem; Chapter XL The Martyr; Chapter XLI The Young Master; Chapter XLII An Authentic Ghost Story; Chapter XLIII Results; Chapter XLIV The Liberator; Chapter XLV Concluding Remarks; Endnotes

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-77556-639-0

OCLC:

476236123