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Binding: PaperbackEAN: 9781427051349 ISBN: 1427051348 Label: ReadHowYouWant Manufacturer: ReadHowYouWant Number Of Pages: 436 Publication Date: August 15, 2008 Publisher: ReadHowYouWant Release Date: August 15, 2008 Studio: ReadHowYouWant Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: Stowes Uncle Toms Cabin (1852) is a powerful condemnation of slavery. With biblical references, she proves those wrong who contend that slavery is condoned in Christianity. The hardships faced by the Afro-Americans in order to survive are vivid and gut-wrenching, and Stowes female characters are ready to take on fate head-on. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Literature And HistoryThere are some books which one gets to know by reputation before one actually reads them. "Uncle Tom's Cabin (or, Life Among the Lowly)" by Harriet Beecher Stowe is one of them. Whether from studying American History and slavery, and hearing the pejorative term "Uncle Tom", one gets a strong sense for certain aspects of the book. For whatever reason, I had not read the book until recently, when studying in more detail the history of slavery in the U.S. made this a necessity in my view. ... Read More Rating:  - Penguin Edition, edited by Douglas, is Not ReliableMy one-star rating applies only to the Penguin edition of Uncle Tom's Cabin. The Penguin edition, edited by Ann Douglas, has a high rate of transcription error. So it is not suitable for serious study. I listed a selection (over 100) of the transcription errors in the Penguin edition for a presentation at the 2007 American Literature Association conference. For example, the Penguin edition on page 619 (in the 4 copies that I've examined) has the following line: "If the ... Read More Rating: - A must book for EverybodyI found this book very well written. It is interesting that the author chose not only to show the terrible suffering that came from slavery, but also she revealed how slavery extracts a toll on the master. Personally it exemplifies how religion can (as in many cases throughout history) support and justify cruelty and violence. This book should stir everyone at the gut level. I don't want to forget to add that I like the Modern Library Classics format. At the end of the book is discussion questions ... Read More Rating:  - patronizin and preachifyinI wasn't ready to enjoy this novel and the first 60 pp reinforced this prejudice. The beginning is filled with Stowe's rendition of slave's speech--"ah's gwyne ter make corn pone fer Mas'r"--which most modern readers will find demeaning. Fortunately this tones down. As a non-religious person I have a low tolerance for preachifyin, but it bothered me less as the novel progressed, as it became obvious that the most effective argument against slavery at the time was righteous Christianity. ... Read More Rating: - The unreadable classic- or Greatness of Influence vs. Literary qualityWhen Abraham Lincoln met Harriet Beecher Stowe he reportedly said, "This is the little woman who made the great war". The tremendous influence of this book on Anti-Slavery attitudes are considered to be a very real factor in leading to atmosphere which helped bring about the Civil War. This work is thus in terms of its 'real effect' in the 'real world ' far more important than 'Moby Dick' or " Leaves of Grass' or 'The Scarlet Letter ' or 'Walden', the greatest books of the American Renaissance. Read More 
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