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Uncle Tom's Cabin
by Harriet Beecher Stowe
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- In near mint condition. Fully-bound in richly colored brown leather with raised bands, smyth sewing & concealed muslin joints./no dj as issued
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About This Item
Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly, is an anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe. Published in 1852, the novel "helped lay the groundwork for the Civil War", according to Will Kaufman. (Wiki). Stowe, a Connecticut-born teacher at the Hartford Female Seminary and an active abolitionist, featured the character of Uncle Tom, a long-suffering black slave around whom the stories of other characters revolve. The sentimental novel depicts the reality of slavery while also asserting that Christian love can overcome something as destructive as enslavement of fellow human...
Easton Press, 1979 'One Hundred Best Books Ever Written' Collector's Edition. In near mint condition. Fully-bound in richly colored brown leather with raised bands, smyth sewing & concealed muslin joints. Gilt lettering on spine and covers. All Edges Gilt. Salmon Silk moire endpapers. Salmon Silk Ribbon Bookmark. An introduction by Raymond Weaver,illustrated by Miguel Gocarrubias. A beautiful gift that wil be shared and passed on for generations.
Synopsis
In Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriett Beecher Stowe, the title character Uncle Tom is a long-suffering slave, loyal to both his faith and his master. Presented with an opportunity to escape, he instead chooses to remain in slavery to avoid embarrassing his master. After being sold to a slave trader, Tom suffers brutal treatment and is eventually beaten to death for his refusal to betray his friends — made to represent an ideal of true Christianity. Enormously popular (it was the best-selling novel of the 19th century) and influential, it’s publication in 1852 was instrumental in bringing visibility to the cruel reality of slavery. In more recent years, it has come under considerable criticism for its portrayal of meekness and subservience and the phrase “Uncle Tom” is sometimes used as an epithet for someone seen as overly subservient.
Reviews
On Mar 31 2020, a reader said:
Excellent book to gain empathy and insight into the enslaved pathos, struggle and plight! This book presents well designed ideas to ennoble and elivate the human race as brothers, and sisters of a common God, and Father of us all.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- Uncle Tom's Cabin
- Author
- Harriet Beecher Stowe
- Book Condition
- Used - In near mint condition. Fully-bound in richly colored brown leather with raised bands, smyth sewing & concealed muslin joints.
- Jacket Condition
- no dj as issued
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Easton Press, 1979 ‘One Hundred Best Books Ever Written&rs
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Easton Press, Norwalk Connecticut
- Date Published
- (1979)
- Bookseller catalogs
- FICTION / Classics; SLAVERY, RACIAL ETNICITY; Christmas Catalog; EASTON PRESS COLLECTION;
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