Uncle Tom's Cabin Contributor(s): Stowe, Harriet Beecher (Author) |
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ISBN: 0553212184 ISBN-13: 9780553212181 Publisher: Bantam Classics OUR PRICE: $5.36 Product Type: Mass Market Paperbound - Other Formats Published: December 1982 Annotation: 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. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Historical - General |
Dewey: FIC |
Lexile Measure: 1050 |
Series: Bantam Classics |
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 4.28" W x 6.92" (0.56 lbs) 544 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Topical - Home Schooling |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 16725 Reading Level: 9.3 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 32.0 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: 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. |