Harriet Beecher Stowe

Uncle Tom's Cabin

Or Life Among the Lowly (Splendid)
Herausgeber: Reynolds, David S / Illustrator: Billings, Hammatt

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Produktbeschreibung

A faithful reproduction of the hard-to-find "Splendid Edition" of Harriet Beecher Stowe's classic American novel, this version features all of the 117 illustrations drawn by Hammatt Billings and a detailed introduction by prize-winning historian David S. Reynolds that sheds light on the novel's historical context.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
• Splendid edition
• Seitenzahl: 608
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Juli 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 243mm x 167mm x 48mm
• Gewicht: 1154g
• ISBN-13: 9780199841431
• ISBN-10: 0199841438
• Artikelnr.: 33372199

Autorenporträt

David S. Reynolds is Distinguished Professor of English and American Studies at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. His newest book is Mightier than the Sword: Uncle Tom's Cabin and the Battle for America.

Inhaltsangabe

* Introduction by David S. Reynolds
* Uncle Tom's Cabin
* Preface
* Chapter 1 CHAPTER I In Which the Reader Is Introduced to a Man of
Humanity
* Chapter 2 CHAPTER II The Mother
* Chapter 3 CHAPTER III The Husband and Father
* Chapter 4 CHAPTER IV An Evening in Uncle Tom's Cabin
* Chapter 5 CHAPTER V Showing the Feelings of Living Property on
Changing Owners
* Chapter 6 CHAPTER VI Discovery
* Chapter 7 CHAPTER VII The Mother's Struggle
* Chapter 8 CHAPTER VIII Eliza's Escape
* Chapter 9 CHAPTER IX In Which It Appears That a Senator Is But a Man
* Chapter 10 CHAPTER X The Property Is Carried Off
* Chapter 11 CHAPTER XI In Which Property Gets into an Improper State
of Mind
* Chapter 12 CHAPTER XII Select Incident of Lawful Trade
* Chapter 13 CHAPTER XIII The Quaker Settlement
* Chapter 14 CHAPTER XIV Evangeline
* Chapter 15 CHAPTER XV Of Tom's New Master, and Various Other Matters
* Chapter 16 CHAPTER XVI Tom's Mistress and Her Opinions
* Chapter 17 CHAPTER XVII The Freeman's Defence
* Chapter 18 CHAPTER XVIII Miss Ophelia's Experiences and Opinions
* Chapter 19 CHAPTER XIX Miss Ophelia's Experiences and Opinions
Continued
* Chapter 20 CHAPTER XX Topsy
* Chapter 21 CHAPTER XXI Kentuck
* Chapter 22 CHAPTER XXII "The Grass Withereth--the Flower Fadeth"
* Chapter 23 CHAPTER XXIII Henrique
* Chapter 24 CHAPTER XXIV Foreshadowings
* Chapter 25 CHAPTER XXV The Little Evangelist
* Chapter 26 CHAPTER XXVI Death
* Chapter 27 CHAPTER XXVII "This Is the Last of Earth" 1
* Chapter 28 CHAPTER XXVIII Reunion
* Chapter 29 CHAPTER XXIX The Unprotected
* Chapter 30 CHAPTER XXX The Slave Warehouse
* Chapter 31 CHAPTER XXXI The Middle Passage
* Chapter 32 CHAPTER XXXII Dark Places
* Chapter 33 CHAPTER XXXIII Cassy
* Chapter 34 CHAPTER XXXIV The Quadroon's Story
* Chapter 35 CHAPTER XXXV The Tokens
* Chapter 36 CHAPTER XXXVI Emmeline and Cassy
* Chapter 37 CHAPTER XXXVII Liberty
* Chapter 38 CHAPTER XXXVIII The Victory
* Chapter 39 CHAPTER XXXIX The Stratagem
* Chapter 40 CHAPTER XL The Martyr
* Chapter 41 CHAPTER XLI The Young Master
* Chapter 42 CHAPTER XLII An Authentic Ghost Story
* Chapter 43 CHAPTER XLIII Results
* Chapter 44 CHAPTER XLIV The Liberator
* Chapter 45 CHAPTER XLV Concluding Remarks