Uncle Tom's Cabin Paperback - 2008

In Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriett Beecher Stowe, the title character Uncle Tom is a long-suffering slave, loyal to both his faith and his master. Presented with an opportunity to escape, he instead chooses to remain in slavery to avoid embarrassing his master. After being sold to a slave trader, Tom suffers brutal treatment and is eventually beaten to death for his refusal to betray his friends — made to represent an ideal of true Christianity. Enormously popular (it was the best-selling novel of the 19th century) and influential, it’s publication in 1852 was instrumental in bringing visibility to the cruel reality of slavery. In more recent years, it has come under considerable criticism for its portrayal of meekness and subservience and the phrase “Uncle Tom” is sometimes used as an epithet for someone seen as overly subservient. 

Details

• Title Uncle Tom's Cabin
• Author Harriet Beecher Stowe; Jean Fagan Yellin (Editor)
• Binding Paperback
• Edition Paperback
• Pages 576
• Volumes 1
• Language ENG
• Publisher Oxford University Press, USA
• Date 2008-08-01
• ISBN 9780199538034 / 0199538034
• Weight 0.87 lbs (0.39 kg)
• Dimensions 7.72 x 5.52 x 1.07 in (19.61 x 14.02 x 2.72 cm)
• Reading level 1050
• Themes
  • Chronological Period: 20th Century
  • Demographic Orientation: Urban
  • Ethnic Orientation: African American
  • Topical: Family
• Library of Congress subjects Fugitive slaves, African Americans
• Dewey Decimal Code FIC