Uncle Tom's Cabin Paperback - 1999

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; Introduction by Keith Carabine; Notes by Keith Carabine
• Binding Paperback
• Edition Paperback
• Pages 438
• Volumes 1
• Language ENG
• Publisher Wordsworth Editions, Ware, Hertfordshire, England, UK
• Date December 5, 1999
• ISBN 9781840224023 / 1840224029
• Weight 0.75 lbs (0.34 kg)
• Dimensions 7.7 x 4.9 x 1.1 in (19.56 x 12.45 x 2.79 cm)
• Reading level 1050
• Themes
  • Chronological Period: 19th Century
  • Ethnic Orientation: African American
• Library of Congress subjects Political fiction, African Americans
• Dewey Decimal Code FIC