UNCLE TOM'S CABIN : a Picture of Slave Life in America . Illustrated (The Oxford Library No: 32)
by Stowe, Harriet Beecher
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Very Good/No Jacket
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About This Item
24 Warwick Lane, Paternoster Row, London: Walter Scott. Decorative Cloth. Near Very Good/No Jacket. No: 32 in "The Oxford Library" series. Attractive Dark Blue cloth binding with Bright Gilt Lettering & Decoration to spine. Top Page Edges Gilt. Frontis Illustrated with Eliza's dramatic flight across the ice with her baby. 326 Pages + Publisher's adverts. 7 1/2" Tall, 500g. Slight edge wear. Only a few occasional spots of browning. No inscriptions. ( Other Titles in The Oxford Library series in identical bindings available: The Old Curiosity Shop; Oliver Twist; Barnaby Rudge; Martin Chuzzlewit; Sketches by Boz; Last Days of Pompeii; Rienzi; The Last of the Barons; Ernest Maltravers; Paul Clifford; The Scottish Chiefs; Charles O'Malley; The Lamplighter; The Last of the Mohicans; Vanity Fair; The White Slave; Valentine Vox;; Colleen Bawn. I'm happy to give a quantity discount if you would like any of these others as I like to keeps sets together as much as possible. Please ask if you would like any more pictures or information) Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
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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- Cornish Books
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- Title
- UNCLE TOM'S CABIN : a Picture of Slave Life in America . Illustrated (The Oxford Library No: 32)
- Author
- Stowe, Harriet Beecher
- Format/Binding
- Decorative Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Walter Scott
- Place of Publication
- 24 Warwick Lane, Paternoster Row, London
- Keywords
- FICTION/CLASSICS/SCOTLAND/WILLIAM WALLACE/ROBERT THE BRUCE
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