Uncle Tom's Cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe
This groundbreaking novel galvanized the American public's opinion on slavery like never before. With its vivid dramatization of the cruelties of slavery, the book sold 10,000 copies in its first week and 300,000 in its first year. Its protagonist, Tom, is literature's first black hero who refuses to obey his white oppressors. Though some criticize the book as condescending, its characters still resonate today and the story remains a powerful depiction of injustice and the courage it takes to fight against it.
Publish Date
1999-08-05T00:00:00.000Z
1999-08-05T00:00:00.000Z
first published in 1852
Goodreads Rating
3.9
ISBN
9781840224023
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2019-09-19T15:34:15.000Z
Uncle Tom's Cabin is one of the best books I ever read. Abraham Lincoln said to its author, "So you're the little woman who wrote the book that made this great war."
It's alternatively heartbreaking and laugh out loud funny.
But Greg Fergus thinks it's an instruction manual. – source