Uncle Tom's Cabin Library Edition

A powerful indictment of slavery by America's first major woman novelist, Uncle Tom's Cabin was hailed by Tolstoy as "one of the greatest productions of the human mind." Published in 1852, Uncle Tom's Cabin brought the abolitionist's message to the White House and beyond-no woman before or since Harriet Beecher Stowe has so successfully written a novel designed to motivate America to act on a major issue of the day. Controversial still, this novel has weathered continual debates on all aspects of its writing and its subject matter. In her eloquent Introduction, Ann Douglas establishes the historical and literary significance of Uncle Tom's Cabin, the accuracy in its portrayal of the slave experience, the brilliance in its narrative structure and use of dialogue, and its profoundly feminist implications.Stowe, Harriet Beecher is the author of 'Uncle Tom's Cabin Library Edition', published 1981 under ISBN 9780140390032 and ISBN 0140390030.