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by Harriet Beecher Stowe (Author), Buck Schirner (Narrator)
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  • Listening Length: 18 hours and 27 minutes
  • Program Type: Audiobook
  • Version: Unabridged
  • Publisher: Brilliance Audio
  • Audible Release Date: 14 Sep 2004
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B002SQ58XI
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (35 customer reviews)

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Published in 1852, Uncle Tom's Cabin brought the abolitionists' message to the public conscience - no woman before or since has so moved America to take action against an injustice. Indeed, Abraham Lincoln greeted Stowe in 1863 as "the little lady who made this big war."

Eliza Harris, a slave whose child is to be sold, escapes her beloved home on the Shelby plantation in Kentucky and heads North, eluding the hired slave catchers. Aided by the underground railroad, Quakers, and others opposed to the Fugitive Slave Act, Eliza, her son, and her husband George run toward Canada.

As the Harrises flee to freedom, another slave, Uncle Tom, is sent "down the river" for sale. Too loyal to abuse his master's trust, too Christian to rebel, Tom wrenches himself from his family. Befriending a white child, Evangeline St. Clare, Tom is purchased by her father and taken to their home in New Orleans. Although Evangeline's father finally resolves to free his slaves, his sudden death places him in the ranks of those who mean well by their slaves but never take action. Tom is sent farther downriver to Simon Legree's plantation, and the whips of Legree's overseers.

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23 of 23 people found the following review helpful
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I had read this years ago as a teenager and remembered enjoying it. Seeing it available on Kindle for free I thought it time to read it again and am very glad I did. Very clearly written as anti slavery propoganda during the mid 19th century, at the time before the American Civil War when slavery was allowed in southern American states but not in the North, it movingly follows the lives of several slaves and their owners, refuting the arguments of the pro slavery lobby at the time that slaves could be more comfortable and secure with a paternal owner than braving the labour market on their own. The book explores in heart breaking detail the devastating possible effects of the death or ruin of a slave owner which could force the sale by auction of his property, including his slaves. This often lead to permanent separation of families. The book is often very sentimental but is also very charmingly written with gentle humour and some very moving chapters.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
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Anecdotal history claims that Abraham Lincoln described Harriet Beecher Stowe (to her face) as 'the little lady' who started the Civil War. The phrase 'Uncle Tom' has now passed into the popular lexicon, and many more people know this book by reputation than have actually read it. It began as a serialized drama printed in US periodicals, and went on to become a best selling novel. It is the work of an ardent abolitionist, and Christian, and this shows. The novel is unashamedly didactic, and works principally by an appeal to the reader's emotions. And it works very well. Harriett Beecher Stowe lost one of her own children before writing this novel, and one cannot help but feel that this was what allowed her to write so emotively on the subject. The novel is long, but it flies by: HBS has a gift for narrative, character, and suspense.
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uncle tom's cabin 3 Nov 2010
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Did read it at school and hated it. While abroad a few years ago,I had no book to read I was given a dog-eared copy of this book and really loved it. Imagine my delight when I found I could download it to my kindle ready to read again at my leisure. Best of all it was free. I would urge you to re-read this dreaded school book as it's wonderful. I now know I was too young to really appreciate it.
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Uncle tom's cabin
A must read book I read it as a child + felt the need To read it again. the injustices of slave trade are harrowing in parts. Read more
Published 4 days ago by jessie
THOUGHT PROVOKING
THIS STORY IS VERY EMOTIONAL, I COULD NOT PUT THE BOOK DOWN. MY AUNT TOLD ME ABOUT THE BOOK WHEN I WAS VERY YOUNG, I AM NOW 64 YEARS OLD. Read more
Published 9 days ago by MIKE
Worth a read
I always thought this was a children's book, for some reason! Obviously it's not but that might have been why it took me so long to get round to reading it. Read more
Published 17 days ago by sliced pig
Uncle Toms Cabin
This is such a great book - difficult to read at times - everyone should read it to get a feeling for what it was like during slavery
Published 28 days ago by Mary
A passionate and moral tale
Surprisingly, given it's heavy Christian morality and didactic nature, I loved this book. It is a typical Victorian morality tale but Harriet Beecher Stowe really knows how to... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Mrs. K. A. Wheatley
Classic
I have been meaning to read this book forever, but classics tend to take a bit of working up to and I although I expected that I would enjoy it, I also imagined it would be hard... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Miss J. K. Boden
uncle tom's cabin
This is an interesting story, set in America at the turn of the century and describes how slaves were treated by white people. Read more
Published 3 months ago by gemmacat
Heartbreaking
This is a poignant, memorable and sad book about the atrocities that occurred during the times of slavery in the US. Read more
Published 11 months ago by aus_books
Loved it
I was hooked within a couple of pages, though I found the colloquial language difficult as it disrupts the flow. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Pluto
Uncle Tom's Cabin
An excellent book. A reminder of what life was actually like for slaves in America. What an example of man's inhumanity to man.
Published 11 months ago by J. Staveley
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