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Uncle Tom's Cabin; Or, Life Among the Lowly

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Uncle Tom's Cabin; Or, Life Among the Lowly

by Stowe, Harriet Beecher

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  • Hardcover
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Front hinge of spine repaired with cloth & rear endpaper mended with tissue. Sl. wear to cloth edges & some dampstaining
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About This Item

Engraved frontispiece of Stowe, engraved title page with vignette engraving of "Eva". Designs by Billings; engraved by Baker, Smith, and Andrew The illsutrations in this edition are the same as the Jewett edition of 1853.

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. 

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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
Schooner Books Ltd CA (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #
43922
Title
Uncle Tom's Cabin; Or, Life Among the Lowly
Author
Stowe, Harriet Beecher
Format/Binding
Blue cloth with blind designs to border & gilt vignette to front and titles to spine. All edges gilt
Book Condition
Used - Front hinge of spine repaired with cloth & rear endpaper mended with tissue. Sl. wear to cloth edges & some dampstaining
Edition
Illustrated Editon. Complete in One Volume
Binding
Hardcover
Publisher
Sampson Low, Son and Company
Place of Publication
London
Date Published
1853
Keywords
Illustrated Books
Size
8vo.

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