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UNCLE TOM'S CABIN
by Stowe, Harriet Beecher
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Launceston, Cornwall, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: John Cassell, 1852. Book. Illus. by George Cruickshank. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. First British Cruickshank illustrated version. pp xxiii 391, b/w frontispiece, twenty-seven b/w illustrations by Cruickshank. This copy has been carefully rebound with paper covered boards and matching endpapers, the leather spine appears earlier. The binding is very good with just a little wear to the spine surface. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions. A very good copy of this rare edition with numerous illustrations..
Synopsis
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.
Reviews
On Mar 31 2020, a reader said:
Excellent book to gain empathy and insight into the enslaved pathos, struggle and plight! This book presents well designed ideas to ennoble and elivate the human race as brothers, and sisters of a common God, and Father of us all.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Loe Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 035696
- Title
- UNCLE TOM'S CABIN
- Author
- Stowe, Harriet Beecher
- Illustrator
- George Cruickshank
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- John Cassell
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1852
- Size
- 8vo
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
Terms of Sale
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Loe Books
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Launceston, Cornwall
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