Scan barcode
A review by bahareads
Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
5.0
I'm giving this 5 stars.
"Selling more than 300,000 copies the first year it was published, Stowe's powerful abolitionist novel fueled the fire of the human rights debate in 1852. Denouncing the institution of slavery in dramatic terms, the incendiary novel quickly draws the reader into the world of slaves and their masters.
Stowe's characters are powerfully and humanly realized in Uncle Tom, a majestic and heroic slave whose faith and dignity are never corrupted; Eliza and her husband, George, who elude slave catchers and eventually flee a country that condones slavery; Simon Legree, a brutal plantation owner; Little Eva, who suffers emotionally and physically from the suffering of slaves; and fun-loving Topsy, Eva's slave playmate.
Critics, scholars, and students are today revisiting this monumental work with a new objectivity, focusing on Stowe's compelling portrayal of women and the novel's theological underpinnings." - Amazon (too lazy to make up my own synopsis right now.)
I went into this book expecting something completely different then what I got. And at first I was mad thinking "This is the book that supposedly 'helped spark the civil war'. I expected it to be more drama filled. I expected it to make me ball me eyes out. (I did cry twice in the last 100 pages or so.)
After getting over myself. I really did like this book. The plot, the characters, everything was so well written. It was for intensive purposes a "vital antislavery tool." It did have it's own twists and turns, good endings and bad endings.
All in all I would recommend if 1. you like 'classics' 2. If you want to know more about life in the south as a slave. 3. If you really just want to read this iconic book.
"Selling more than 300,000 copies the first year it was published, Stowe's powerful abolitionist novel fueled the fire of the human rights debate in 1852. Denouncing the institution of slavery in dramatic terms, the incendiary novel quickly draws the reader into the world of slaves and their masters.
Stowe's characters are powerfully and humanly realized in Uncle Tom, a majestic and heroic slave whose faith and dignity are never corrupted; Eliza and her husband, George, who elude slave catchers and eventually flee a country that condones slavery; Simon Legree, a brutal plantation owner; Little Eva, who suffers emotionally and physically from the suffering of slaves; and fun-loving Topsy, Eva's slave playmate.
Critics, scholars, and students are today revisiting this monumental work with a new objectivity, focusing on Stowe's compelling portrayal of women and the novel's theological underpinnings." - Amazon (too lazy to make up my own synopsis right now.)
I went into this book expecting something completely different then what I got. And at first I was mad thinking "This is the book that supposedly 'helped spark the civil war'. I expected it to be more drama filled. I expected it to make me ball me eyes out. (I did cry twice in the last 100 pages or so.)
After getting over myself. I really did like this book. The plot, the characters, everything was so well written. It was for intensive purposes a "vital antislavery tool." It did have it's own twists and turns, good endings and bad endings.
All in all I would recommend if 1. you like 'classics' 2. If you want to know more about life in the south as a slave. 3. If you really just want to read this iconic book.