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Uncle Tom's Cabin
by Harriet Beecher Stowe
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
-
Lynchburg, Virginia, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Book is in Fair condition, with wear to cover, front endpapers coming loose, still attached at bottom corner. Prior owner name written on front endpaper. Hinges starting. Pages age tanned and a bit brittle. Some tears to edges of title page.
Synopsis
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.
Reviews
On Mar 31 2020, a reader said:
Excellent book to gain empathy and insight into the enslaved pathos, struggle and plight! This book presents well designed ideas to ennoble and elivate the human race as brothers, and sisters of a common God, and Father of us all.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Givens Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20540
- Title
- Uncle Tom's Cabin
- Author
- Harriet Beecher Stowe
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Houghton, Mifflin and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston and New York
- Date Published
- 1893
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- antique, vintage, 1890s, 1893, classics, literature, novel, uncle tom's cabin
- Bookseller catalogs
- Classics; 19th and Early 20th Century;
Terms of Sale
Givens Books
Books returned on case-by case basis only. No refund on shipping charges.
About the Seller
Givens Books
Biblio member since 2006
Lynchburg, Virginia
About Givens Books
Givens Books & Little Dickens is a family business that has been selling new, used, and rare books in Lynchburg, Virginia since 1976, and educational toys and teacher supplies since 1989. Our used book department strives to provide quality books on a wide variety of subjects. We also specialize in our local Lynchburg and Virginia history.
Glossary
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Age Tanned
- Age tanning, or browning, occurs over time on the pages of books. This process can show up on just the edges of pages, when...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
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