Harriet Beecher-Stowe: Uncle Tom's Cabin, Or, Live Among the Lowly, Kartoniert / Broschiert
Uncle Tom's Cabin, Or, Live Among the Lowly
- Or, Life Among the Lowly
- Publisher:
- Penguin Books Ltd (UK), 09/1981
- Binding:
- Kartoniert / Broschiert, B-format paperback
- Language:
- Englisch
- ISBN-13:
- 9780140390032
- Item number:
- 5141464
- Volume:
- 629 Pages
- Weight:
- 460 g
- Format:
- 195 x 126 mm
- Thickness:
- 32 mm
- Release date:
- 17.9.1981
- Note
-
Caution: Product is not in German language
Blurb
The novel that changed the course of American history
Published in 1852, Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel was a powerful indictment of slavery in America. Describing the many trials and eventual escape to freedom of the long-suffering, good-hearted slave Uncle Tom, it aimed to show how Christian love can overcome any human cruelty. Uncle Tom's Cabin has remained controversial to this day, seen as either a vital milestone in the anti-slavery cause or as a patronising stereotype of African-Americans, yet it played a crucial role in the eventual abolition of slavery and remains one of the most important American novels ever written.
For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1, 700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
Biography
Harriet Beecher-Stowe wurde am 14. Juni 1811 in Litchfield (Connecticut) geboren und starb am 1. Juli 1896 in Hartford (Connecticut). Mit 16 wurde sie Lehrerin in Hartford, 1832 zog die Familie nach Cincinnati, wo Harriet vier Jahre später den Theologieprofessor Calvin Stowe heiratete. 1843 erschien ihr erster Band mit Erzählungen "The Mayflower", 1852 wurde "Uncle Tom's Cabin" in Buchform veröffentlicht. Der überwältigende Erfolg des Romans machte Stowe über Nacht zur Vorkämpferin der Abolitionisten. Auf zahlreichen Reisen, die sie mehrfach auch nach Europa führten, setzte sie sich für die Aufhebung der Sklaverei ein.
