Uncle Tom's Cabin: A Library of America Paperback Classic Paperback - 2010 - 1st Edition

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. 

Details

• Title Uncle Tom's Cabin: A Library of America Paperback Classic
• Author Harriet Beecher Stowe; Introduction by James M. McPherson
• Binding Paperback
• Edition number 1st
• Edition 1
• Pages 544
• Volumes 1
• Language ENG
• Publisher Library of America
• Date 2010-08-12
• Features Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
• ISBN 9781598530865 / 1598530860
• Weight 1.1 lbs (0.50 kg)
• Dimensions 7.9 x 5 x 1.1 in (20.07 x 12.70 x 2.79 cm)
• Ages 18 to UP years
• Grade levels 13 - UP
• Reading level 1050
• Themes
  • Chronological Period: 19th Century
  • Chronological Period: 1851-1899
  • Ethnic Orientation: African American
  • Topical: Civil War
• Library of Congress Catalog Number 2010927102
• Dewey Decimal Code FIC