description: Pocket (July 3, 1980) English Harriet Beecher Stowe's famous novel, this story caused a sensation when it was published. It shocked the nation into angry debate - a nation moving relentlessly toward the bloodshed of the Civil War. A story about slavery and introduces one of the most hateful characters in all fiction - Simon Legree. It portrays Eliza, risking death to win freedom for her child and for herself. It tells of Uncle Tom, a gentle man whose courage sustained him through terrible suffering - only to meet death on the threshold of freedom.
language: English
title: Uncle Tom's Cabin
titlecomplete: Uncle Tom's Cabin
characters: Aunt Chloe, Ophelia St. Claire, Tom Loker, Eliza Harris, Cassy (Uncle Tom's Cabin), George Harris, Uncle Tom, Augustine St. Clare, Simon Legree, Evangeline St. Claire, Topsy, George Shelby
genres: Fiction, Historical, American, Classic Literature, School, Literature, Classics, Novels, 19th Century, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 222792
places: Louisiana, Kentucky
publisher: Pocket