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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... read more
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Characters edit
- Uncle Tom: A faithful and earnest Christian slave on the Shelby farm. Tom helps manage the farm, and is respected by all the slaves. Tom is sold to Haley, a slaver trader, in the beginning of the story.
- George Shelby: Tom and Eliza's owner at the beginning of the story.
- Eliza: Domestic slave of Mrs. Shelby, Mother of Harry, wife of George.
- Chloe: Tom's loving wife.
- Haley: A slave trader who buys slaves in the north slave states and sells them further south. Haley buys Tom and Harry.
- Augustine St. Clare: Well-off gentleman of New Orleans, father of little Eva.
- Harry: Son of George Harris and Eliza.
- Simon Legree: Cruel plantation owner in Louisiana. He owns Tom.
- Sam: Add a description of this character.
- Tom Loker
- Eva St. Clare: Daughter of Charles St. Clare. Also known as Evangeline. An angel in everyone's eyes. A friend to Tom.
- Simeon
- Phineas
- Rachel
- Andy
- Cassy: Dejected slave and mistress of Simon Legree.
Quotes edit
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“Mas'r Legree, as ye bought me, I'll be a true and faithful servant to ye. I'll give ye all the work of my hands, all my time, all my strength; but my soul I won't give up to mortal man. I will hold on the Lord, and put His commands before all--die or live; you may be sure on't.”
Tom -
“Yes, Mas'r, I'm willin' to work night and day, and work while there's life and breath in me; but this yer thing I can't fel it right to do; and, Mas'r, I never shall do it---never.”
Tom
First Sentence edit
Late in the afternoon of a chilly day in February, two gentlemen were sitting alone over their wine, in a well-furnished dining parlour, in the town of P-, in Kentucky.
Table of Contents edit
1. In which the Reader is Introduced to a Man of Humanity
2. The Mother
3. The Husband and Father
4. An Evening in Uncle Tom's Cabin
5. Showing the Feelings of Living Property on Changing Owners
6. Discovery
7. The Mother's Struggle
8. Eliza's Escape
9. In which it Appears that a Senator is but a Man
10. The Property is Carried off
11. In which Property Gets into an Improper State of Mind
12. Select Incident of lawful Trade
13. The Quaker Settlement
14. Evangeline
15. Of Tom's new Master, and various other Matters
16. Tom's Mistress and her Opinions
17. The Free Man's Defence
18. Miss Ophelia's Experiences and Opinions
19. Miss Ophelia's Experiences and Opinions, continued
20. Topsy
21. Kentuck
22. 'The Grass Withereth - the Flower Fadeth'
23. Henrique
24. Foreshadowings
25. The Little Evangelist
26. Death
27. 'This is the Last of Earth'
28. Reunion
29. The Unprotected
30. The Slave Warehouse
31. The Middle Passage
32. Dark Places
33. Cassy
34. The Quadroon's Story
35. The Tokens
36. Emmeline and Cassy
37. Liberty
38. The Victory
39. The Stratagem
40. The Martyr
41. The Young Master
42. An Authentic Ghost Story
43. Results
44. The Liberator
45. Concluding Remarks
Glossary edit
- badinage: <bad-n-ahzh, bad-n-ij> Show IPAnoun, verb, -naged, -nag·ing.–noun1.light, playful banter or raillery.–verb (used with object)2.to banter with or tease (someone) playfully.Use badinage in a SentenceOrigin: 1650–60; < French, equivalent to badin ( er ) to joke, trifle (verbal derivative of badin joker, banterer < Old Provençal: fool; bad ( ar ) to gape (< Vulgar Latin batāre; compare bay2 ) + -in < Latin -īnus -ine1 ) + -age -age
Series & Lists edit
This book is in Books That Changed Man's Thinking (Heron). (edition-based publisher list)
This is book 67 of 74 in Robert B. Downs - Books that Changed the World. (authoritative list)
Preceded by Civil Disobedience, and followed by The Origin of Species.
This is book 89 of 91 in The Novel 100: A Ranking of the Greatest Novels of All Time, 2004. (authoritative list)
Preceded by The Last of the Mohicans, and followed by Les Misérables.
This is book 49 of 113 in Book Smart Reading List. (community list)
Preceded by Early Autumn, and followed by The Bonfire of the Vanities.
This book is in Books to Read in 2011. (community list)
This book is in Penguin Classics. (edition-based publisher list)
This book is in Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read. (authoritative list)
This book is in Readers Digest Press. (edition-based publisher list)
This is book 893 of 1272 in 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die. (authoritative list)
Preceded by Cranford, and followed by The Blithedale Romance.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Harriet Beecher Stowe (Author)
Other Contributors:
- Susanne Althoetmar-Smarczyk (Translator)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Hammatt Billings
Country: USA
Publication Date: March 20, 1852
ISBN: N/A
Page Count: 435
Publisher: Hammatt Billings
Country: USA
Publication Date: March 20, 1852
ISBN: N/A
Page Count: 435
Classification edit
- Copyright Status: Public Domain
- Library of Congress: PS2954 .U5
- Dewey: 818'.3
Subjects edit
- Books › Literature & Fiction › World Literature › United States › Classics › Stowe, Harriet Beecher
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Authors, A-Z › ( S ) › Stowe, Harriet Beecher
- Books › Literature & Fiction › World Literature › United States › 19th Century
- Books › Nonfiction › Social Sciences › Special Groups › Ethnic Studies
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Classics
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Classics
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Contemporary
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Literary
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Links to Supplemental Material edit
- http://www.harrietbeecherstowecenter.org/: This is a website for anything you need to know about Harriet Beecher Stowe
- Project Gutenberg: You can read the full, original English text of this public domain work at Project Gutenberg; it is also available to download for free in a variety of eBook formats.
- Project Gutenberg: A public domain German translation of this work is availbleat Project Gutenberg; it is also available to download for free in a variety of eBook formats.
- Librivox: Free audio book read by John Greenman, Total running time: 18:06:33
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