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Uncle Tom's Cabin

Harriet Beecher Stowe author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Pan Macmillan

Published:5th Mar '20

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Harriet Beecher Stowe's seminal anti-slavery novel with an afterword by Pat Righelato.

Harriet Beecher Stowe’s seminal anti-slavery novel with an afterword by Pat Righelato.

Uncle Tom’s Cabin brought the evils of slavery to the hearts and minds of the American people by its moving portrayal of slave experience.

Part of the Macmillan Collector’s Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition has an afterword by Pat Righelato.

Harriet Beecher Stowe shows us, in scenes of great dramatic power, the human effects of a system in which slaves were property. When a Kentucky farmer falls on hard times he is forced to sell his slaves, and among them is Uncle Tom, who’s bought by a brutal plantation owner. The novel describes the horror of plantation labour and Tom’s fight for his freedom and his life. A rallying cry to end slavery in America and one of the most influential American novels, Uncle Tom’s Cabin remains, to this day, controversial and abrasive in its demand for change.

Since 1980, Uncle Tom’s Cabinhas re-entered the literary canon, and it is now a staple of American literature courses everywhere. * New York Times *
If you want a heart-wrenching book that explores one of the greatest evils of humanity, whilst still retaining a small piece of hope for change,Uncle Tom's Cabin is for you * Guardian *

ISBN: 9781529011869

Dimensions: 158mm x 103mm x 35mm

Weight: 338g

656 pages