Uncle Tom's Cabin, Paperback
Descriere
Uncle Tom, Topsy, Sambo, Simon Legree, little Eva: their names are American bywords, and all of them are characters in Harriet Beecher Stowe's remarkable novel of the pre-Civil War South. Uncle Tom's Cabin was revolutionary in 1852 for its passionate indictment of slavery and for its presentation of Tom, ``a man of humanity,`` as the first black hero in American fiction. Labeled racist and condescending by some contemporary critics, it remains a shocking, controversial, and powerful work -- exposing the attitudes of white nineteenth-century society toward ``the peculiar institution`` and documenting, in heartrending detail, the tragic breakup of black Kentucky families ``sold down the river.`` An immediate international sensation, Uncle Tom's Cabin sold 300, 000 copies in the first year, was translated into thirty-seven languages, and has never gone out of print: its political impact was immense, its emotional influence immeasurable.
Despre autor
Harriet Beecher Stowe a fost o aboliționistă și scriitoare americană. Romanul lui Stowe, Coliba unchiului Tom (1852) înfățișează viața african-americanilor sub sclavie; romanul a fost foarte bine primit în SUA și Anglia dar și-a atras ura celor din sudul Statelor Unite care erau în favoarea sclaviei. Când a întâlnit-o pe Stowe, Abraham Lincoln i-a spus: „Deci aceasta este mica bătrână ce a început acest nou război!”
