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"Uncle Tom's Cabin is the most powerful and enduring work of art ever written about American slavery"-Alfred Kazin
"To expose oneself in maturity to Uncle Tom's cabin may...prove a startling experience"-Edmund Wilson
In Uncle Tom's Cabin, Harriet Beecher Stowe created America's first black literary hero as well as the nation's…
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2 authors picked Uncle Tom's Cabin as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I've been trying to read classics I've missed. I should not have taken so long to read this one. This book is heartbreaking and heart warming at times. It's history, told by someone who lived during that time. A massive best seller at the time. If you haven't yet read this book, do it now.
“So you’re the little woman who wrote the book that started this great war,” Abraham Lincoln supposedly said when he met Stowe. The quote may be apocryphal, but it points to a truth about the 1852 novel that shaped American opinions about the cruelty and injustice of slavery. The writing is a bit melodramatic for modern sensibilities, but it’s hard to beat the scene in which the escaped slave Eliza tries to carry her young son across an icy river for freedom on the other side.
From John's list on the American Civil War and 5 novels to immerse yourself within it.
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