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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 813 EAN: 9781840224023 ISBN: 1840224029 Label: Wordsworth Editions Ltd Manufacturer: Wordsworth Editions Ltd Number Of Pages: 480 Publication Date: December 05, 1999 Publisher: Wordsworth Editions Ltd Studio: Wordsworth Editions Ltd Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: Edited and with an Introduction and Notes by Dr Keith Carabine. University of Kent at Canterbury. Uncle Tom's Cabin is the most popular, influential and controversial book written by an American. Stowe s rich, panoramic novel passionately dramatises why the whole of America is implicated in and responsible for the sin of slavery, and resoundingly concludes that only 'repentance, justice and mercy' will prevent the onset of 'the wrath of Almighty God!'. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Skeleton in the ClosetEven though the characters in Uncle Tom's Cabin are "fictional", the story is realistic about American slavery during the life of Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin met a great deal of resistance in the south, because it exposed the skeleton in America's closet. Abraham Lincoln said to the Stowe...."so you're the little lady who started the great war". Stowe is not an impressive novelist; her writing lacks literary style. But that doesn't matter. Stowe is recognized for her courage to ... Read More Rating: - My perspective on Uncle Tom's CabinI jumped into this book mainly to work on reading lists that i had seen it appear on. I did have the vague idea that most people do of what it is about, but would of been hard pressed to really give any serious detail of the story before hand. So after a little research i jumped in, and this was my experience. While the novel overall was good, i must admit that I was very glad when it was finally finished. The tale follows several different characters and the different fates that they have ... Read More Rating:  - A towering, very important American classicFor whatever reasons, I'm one of those who, over the years, never gave "Uncle Tom's Cabin" much thought. I'm afraid I dismissed the book based on the derogatory cliche of describing a complacent black man as an Uncle Tom. What a pleasure to find how wrong I was. Although the style of narration, the punctuation style of the day and the evolution of contractions, compound words and other bits of syntax show this book to be from the mid 1800s, "Uncle Tom's Cabin" is a modern novel. It is largely ... Read More Rating:  - Things Uncle Tom's Cabin teaches us1. SLAVERY WASN'T SO BAD AFTER ALL. I was surprised to find out that this book supported slavery. Of course, you have to wade through the melodrama and Christian speechifying -- about 95% of the book -- to get at Ms Stowe's thesis, but once you do it becomes clear. To Ms Stowe, slavery and capitalism are just different manifestations of evil human greed (St. Claire's speech, pp 239-241 in my edition). Old slavers who whipped their charges to death must be smiling now, knowing that they're being compared ... Read More Rating: - Incredible Classic Still Relevant TodayThis novel delivers the truth of the horrifying effects of slavery on both the slave and the master; delivering the message that slavery is damaging to society as a whole. 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' is a historic classic but it is also very relevant for today. I believe this novel should be read by everyone so that slavery will always be understood as a terrible and frightening condition that affects entire societies. Also, 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' is not a difficult read; the writing feels fresh and it is truly a page-turner. 
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