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Uncle Tom's Cabin
by Stowe, Harriet Beecher
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0395081297
- ISBN 13
- 9780395081297
- Seller
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Bloomington, Indiana, United States
Item Price
NZ$123.10NZ$98.48
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1952. The Riverside Library, 24th Printing. Near Fine, a few tiny dots of soiling to edges of page block, in a Near Fine dust jacket, light rubbing at the edges. A handsome copy of this classic American novel. . Later Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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
- Dale Steffey Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005898
- Title
- Uncle Tom's Cabin
- Author
- Stowe, Harriet Beecher
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- Later Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0395081297
- ISBN 13
- 9780395081297
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1952
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature; Women Authors;
Terms of Sale
Dale Steffey Books, ABAA
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About the Seller
Dale Steffey Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2006
Bloomington, Indiana
About Dale Steffey Books, ABAA
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- Jacket
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- Rubbing
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- Fine
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- Edges
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