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Uncle Tom's cabin or, Life among the lowly / Harriet Beecher Stowe ; introduction by David Bromwich.
The moving abolitionist novel that fueled the fire of the human rights debate in 1852 and melodramatically condemned the institution of slavery through such powerfully realized characters as Tom, Eliza, Topsy, Eva, and Simon Legree.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780674054677
- ISBN: 0674054679
- Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxxii, 588 pages)
- Publisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2009.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 585-588). |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Note on the Text -- Chronology of Harriet Beecher Stowe's Life -- Preface -- I. In Which the Reader Is Introduced to a Man of Humanity -- II. The Mother -- III. The Husband and Father -- IV. An Evening in Uncle Tom's Cabin -- V. Showing the Feelings of Living Property on Changing Owners -- VI. Discovery -- VII. The Mother's Struggle -- VIII. Eliza's Escape -- IX. In Which It Appears That a Senator Is But a Man -- X. The Property Is Carried Off -- XI. In Which Property Gets into an Improper State of Mind -- XII. Select Incident of Lawful Trade -- XIII. The Quaker Settlement -- XIV. Evangeline -- XV. Of Tom's New Master, and Various Other Matters -- XVI. Tom's Mistress and Her Opinions -- XVII. The Freeman's Defence -- XVIII. Miss Ophelia's Experiences and Opinions -- XIX. Miss Ophelia's Experiences and Opinions, Continued -- XX. Topsy -- XXI. Kentuck -- XXII. "The Grass Withereth--The Flower Fadeth" -- XXIII. Henrique -- XXIV. Foreshadowings -- XXV. The Little Evangelist -- XXVI. Death -- XXVII. "This Is the Last of Earth" -- XXVIII. Reunion -- XXIX. The Unprotected -- XXX. The Slave Warehouse -- XXXI. The Middle Passage -- XXXII. Dark Places -- XXXIII. Cassy -- XXXIV. The Quadroon's Story -- XXXV. The Tokens -- XXXVI. Emmeline and Cassy -- XXXVII. Liberty -- XXXVIII. The Victory -- XXXIX. The Stratagem -- XL. The Martyr -- XLI. The Young Master -- XLII. An Authentic Ghost Story -- XLIII. Results -- XLIV. The Liberator -- XLV. Concluding Remarks -- Selected Bibliography. |
| Language Note: | In English. |
| Source of Description Note: | Print version record. |
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