<p>The most controversial antislavery novel written in antebellum America, and a best-seller of the 19th century, this novel is credited with intensifying sectional conflict leading to the Civil War. In his introduction, Bromwich places the book in its Victorian contexts and reminds us why it is an
Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly
β Scribed by Harriet Beecher Stowe, Darryl Pinckney
- Publisher
- Signet
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 513
- Series
- Signet Classics
- Edition
- 150th Anniversary Edition
- Category
- Library
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