Books by Harriet Beecher Stowe

Stowe's rich, panoramic novel passionately dramatises why the whole of America is implicated in and responsible for the sin of slavery

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Harriet Beecher Stowe's follow-up to her popular yet controversial book, Uncle Tom's Cabin that features critical information supporting the brutally honest portrayal of institutional slavery. Due to an overwhelming response, it was published one year after the original novel. A Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin is a detailed explanation of the practices and imagery portrayed in Uncle Tom's Cabin. The previous novel was harshly criticized by Southerners who felt Stowe's descriptions were unfounded. In an effort to defend her work and beliefs, the author delivered a thorough account of her research. Certain editions were published with the full title A Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin: Presenting the Original Facts and Documents upon Which the Story Is Founded, Together with Corroborative Statements Verifying the Truth of the Work. Harriet Beecher Stowe was a staunch and proactive abolitionist. She used her voice to highlight social and moral injustice despite public scrutiny. A Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin, reenforced her commitment to the truth and the pursuit of freedom. With an eye-catching new cover, and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of A Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin is both modern and readable.

"The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone"Poems such as "The Other World" "Mary at the Cross" and "The Secret" are spread across the pages of this collection by Harriet Beecher Stowe, the author of "Uncle Tom’s Cabin". Religious and spiritual, the poems reflect on how to live a godly life, discuss the afterlife, and the consequences of loss and tragedy. In much of her poetry, Stowe considers the relationship between Protestantism and Catholicism, a relatively radical position for her day. A thorn in the angry eyes of American slave owners, Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896) was an American author and ardent abolitionist. Her novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1852) became one of the most famous literary attacks on slavery at the time. The novel was also turned into a play and adapted to the movie screen more than once. The latest version from 1987 features Samuel L. Jackson, one of the most popular actors of his generation. Stowe also wrote numerous travel memoirs, letters, articles, and short stories – all crucial to the depiction of the injustice of African Americans we still hear about today.

There is a village ne'er-do-well in every small town. This one is the kind-hearted and unreliable Sam Lawson, who was such a fine storyteller it made him popular enough to have this book named after him.Harriet Beecher Stowe, the author of 'Uncle Tom's Cabin', turned her husband’s (and her own) memories of growing up in New England into tales of eccentric relations and wonderful small-town characters leading to this interesting collection of short stories that needed to be told.Included inside 'Sam Lawson’s Oldtown Fireside Stories', are many literacy treasures such as; 'The Ghost in the Mill', 'The Widow's Bandbox', 'The Bull Fight' and 'How to fight the Devil'. I am sure after reading these you will not be able to decide on a favourite as they are all extremely entertaining.A thorn in the angry eyes of American slave owners, Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896) was an American author and ardent abolitionist. Her novel 'Uncle Tom’s Cabin' (1852) became one of the most famous literary attacks on slavery at the time. The novel was also turned into a play and made into movies more than once. The latest version from 1987 features Samuel L. Jackson, one of the most popular actors of his generation. Stowe also wrote numerous travel memoirs, letters, articles, and short stories – all crucial to the depiction of the injustice of African Americans we still hear about today.

This is a moving account of the life of the black slave, Uncle Tom, and his struggle to find good in the face of enormous cruelty and suffering. It brought the harsh reality of slavery on the cotton plantations of the Deep South into the homes of all Americans. The book was the bestselling novel of the nineteenth century.

"Uncle Tom's Cabin is the most powerful and enduring work of art ever written about American slavery"-Alfred Kazin"To expose oneself in maturity to Uncle Tom's cabin may...prove a startling experience"-Edmund WilsonIn Uncle Tom's Cabin, Harriet Beecher Stowe created America's first black literary hero as well as the nation's antecedent protest novel. The novel's vast influence on attitudes towards African American slavery was considered an incitation towards the American Civil War; conjointly, its powerful anti-slavery message resonated with readers around the world at its time of publication.With unashamed sentimentality and expressions of faith, Harriet Beecher Stowe, in Uncle Tom's Cabin tells the story of the lives of African American slaves from a Kentucky plantation; The master's maid, Eliza; her son, Henry; and, of course, Uncle Tom, the righteous and kind protagonist at the center of the book. When Arthur Selby, a Kentucky slave-owner decides to sell his slaves due to dire financial turns, Eliza runs away with her son, and Tom is sold to a slave trader named Haley. On a Mississippi river boat, Tom's fortunes are revered after he rescues Eva, a young white girl, from drowning. Eva's kind father is so moved by Tom's bravery that he buys him from Haley and brings him into his New Orleans home. In the series of calamitous events that follow, Tom ultimately finds himself in the bondage of the diabolical master Simon Legree. Still provoking controversies to this day, this is one of American literature's most important works of social justice.With an eye-catching new cover, and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Uncle Tom's Cabin is both modern and readable.

"-¿Qué falta os hace el niño?-¿Qué falta me hace? Son artículos de fantasía que dan brillo a los depósitos. Los ricos suelen pagarlos muy bien. Es un género que deja mucha ganancia; y este travieso chiquillo, que tan bien canta y representa, me proporcionaría un gran negocio."Esta novela, escrita en mitad del siglo XIX, es una de las novelas más leídas en el mundo entero, tanto por su valor literario como humano.La emotiva historia de la vida de Tom y los personajes que le rodean transcurre en Kentucky antes de la abolición de la esclavitud.Tom es un fiel esclavo que así es como ha servido a su dueño hasta que éste se ve obligado, por su precaria situación financiera, a venderlo al cruel Simon Lergee, junto con Henry, apenas un niño que está destinado a correr el mismo destino que Tom de no ser porque su madre, la mestiza Eliza, logra salvarlo de su destino seguro y huir con él hasta llegar a Canadá.La suerte de Tom no será tan favorable, en manos de Lergee sufre una cantidad de penurias que conmueven al lector, y hasta habrá de enfrentarse al momento de tratar de ser convertido él mismo en un negrero en una plantación de algodón.Tom, de una moral y una ética intachables, se niega a servir a su propósito con la consecuente represalia y consecuencias... El consuelo tanto en Tom como en los otros personajes secundarios con los que se cruza y entabla una estrecha relación humana es la religión, a través de la que encuentran unión entre ellos, comunidad, consuelo y esperanza que les hacer más ligera la carga de sus crueles destinos."La cabaña del tío Tom" ha sido llevada al cine en varias ocasiones, la primera de ellas ya en 1927 en una película de cine mudo, y posteriormente en versiones más modernas en los años 60 y 80.Harriet Beecher Stowe, (1811 - 1896), fue una escritora norteamericana y abolicionista. La más famosa de sus obras es 'La cabaña del tío Tom' (1852)

Onkel Toms hytte af Harriet Beecher Stowe anses som en af litteraturens klassikere, der selv i dag, over 150 år efter bogens udgivelse, fortsat er både kontroversiel og yderst aktuel.Handlingen tager sit udgangspunkt i Kentucky, hvor slaven Tom egentlig befinder sig godt hos sin herre, der giver sine slaver meget frihed og medbestemmelse. Men økonomien gør, at Tom bliver solgt på en slaveauktion, og dermed uforvarende bliver brutalt revet fra sin kone og sine børn. Efter nogle både gode og dårlige oplevelser ender Tom til sidst hos en grusom plantageejer, der godt kan se Toms potentiale, men som alligevel flere gange pisker ham næsten til døde. Da Toms oprindelige ejer atter har skrabet penge sammen til at købe Tom fri og fundet frem til ham, ligger Tom derfor på sit smertefulde dødsleje.Denne version af mesterværket Onkel Toms hytte er oversat og redigeret af Victoria Jensen.

Quando Arthur Shelby e la sua famiglia sono sul punto di perdere la loro fattoria, Arthur decide di vendere due dei suoi schiavi a un mercante di schiavi per saldare i suoi debiti. Lo zio Tom, un uomo di famiglia di mezza eta e amico intimo del figlio di Arthur, e uno di loro. L'altro schiavo, Harry, fugge con la madre nel cuore della notte per raggiungere il Canada, dove potranno vivere da persone libere insieme al padre di Harry, che era scappato in precedenza. I due fuggiaschi sono inseguiti per il paese da un cacciatore di schiavi instancabile e spietato, mentre lo zio Tom, separato dalla sua famiglia, cerca di sopravvivere nel suo nuovo ambiente. Quando il romanzo di Harriet Beecher Stowe "e;La capanna dello zio Tom"e; fu pubblicato nel 1852, ci fu una protesta da parte degli stati meridionali americani, dove la schiavitu era ancora considerata una misura naturale e necessaria. Molti credono che questo romanzo, ampiamente distribuito, abbia in parte gettato le basi della guerra civile americana, mettendo fine alla schiavitu, una volta per tutte. -

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