by Harriet Beecher Stowe · Penguin Classics · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780140390032
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«Uncle Tom’s Cabin» is the historical fiction novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe, published by Penguin Classics in paperback (629 pages, in English).
A novel that portrays slavery in the American South through Tom, a devout slave who is sold and separated from his family. It shows the abuses slaves suffer, the price of loyalty, and the moral resistance of a man who trusts in Christian love in the face of human cruelty. Its publication in 1852 was a protest against slavery and one of the works that fuelled the abolitionist debate in North America.
Penguin Classics edition in The Penguin American Library series, with an introduction by Ann Douglas. Also known as «La cabaña del tío Tom».
For readers interested in classics of American literature, historical fiction, and works about slavery and abolitionism.
Harriet Elisabeth Beecher Stowe was an American author and abolitionist. She came from the Beecher family and wrote a popular novel called Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852), which depicts the harsh conditions experienced by enslaved African Americans. The book reached an audience of millions as a novel and play and was influential in the United States and in Great Britain, energizing anti-slavery forces in the American North, while provoking widespread anger in the South. Stowe wrote over 30 books, including novels, three travel memoirs, and collections of articles and letters. She was influential both for her writings and for her public stances and debates on social issues of the day.
