Uncle Tom's Cabin (Wordsworth Classics)

Black people were lied to by thinking Uncle Tom is a derogatory term, which it ISN’T AT ALL!!!!! Uncle Tom was actually a great man who helped the slaves. I encourage my people to study as much as possible, then you’ll learn the truth from the lies about our culture.

It's good

Good book. A must read for Christians.

Great find great book 10/10 recommend

Good book.

Great edition with wonderful typesetting. The novel itself is also well worth the read. Stowe’s work was both of and before it’s time. This should be required reading for all high school students.

These were books I remembered reading as a child, and I really have a nice collection of classic books. I was worried that this one would disappear as many of the old books are getting pulled these days. I am happy to have this in my collection.

Still reading this, and am learning much about humanity in general.

Ho asquistato questo libro a prezzo scontato ed era descritto come libro in ottime condizioni con un leggero diffetto alla copertina. Mi è arrivato oggi e sto provvedendo a sostituirlo perché il diffetto non è per nulla minimo, anzi, e come se non bastasse, vi sono due pagine strappate a metà. Lo ricomprerei nuovo a prezzo pieno.

Obra magnífica, emotiva, una obra que nunca se puede olvidar. Muy muy recomendable.

Nach all den schlecht übersetzten, verstümmelten und gereinigten Versionen ist es ein Glück, dieses Meisterwerk in seiner ursprünglichen Direktheit, seinem Witz und seiner Rohheit zu lesen. Ein visionäres, zutiefst menschnfreundliches Werk. Es ist zu hoffen, dass auch unser Verhältnis zu unseren Mitgeschöpfen eine ähnliche Wandlung erfährt, wie sie mit den Sklaven erreicht wurde!

This is an amazing novel which is deservedly an all time classic. It is at various times, and sometimes at the same time, moving, horrific, grippingly exciting and comically funny. Like many 19th century novels, it has what to many modern readers seems to be excessive sentimentality, though in this context, it doesn't seem excessive to me. The narrative also places a reliance on the role of religious faith and Christian virtue in overcoming adversity that may strike many readers especially in Western Europe as rather dated, though I find it very moving in this context of resisting oppression and injustice especially as articulated by the title character. From the historical point of view, there are a number of significant learning points. The life of a slave depended solely on the arbitrariness of having either a kind or a cruel master; the life of a slave belonging to a kind master may appear superficially quite reasonable but if that master dies or goes into debt, the slave can be sold off to a very different kind of master. Some "superior" slaves who acted as foremen on behalf of their master could be as cruel to other slaves as the masters themselves. Finally, and perhaps, most revealingly, is that both kind and cruel masters see their slaves as animals rather than humans, the kind master indulging them as many people do their pet dogs or cats, the cruel master doing worse, but neither of them understanding that the black man or woman could feel love for their family as much as the white man and fight to prevent their being sold off separately. This e-book edition contains a postscript by the author describing the sources for her narrative incidents. A profoundly moving and human book that should be read by everyone whatever their race or nationality.

This should be a must read in every school so that generations can understand the horrors of racism and slavery. It clearly spells out the culture of the US in slavery times and those who abused the black community and those who found this abuse abhorrent. Well written at times it can be hard going but keep at it as the entire novel has to be one of the best ever written.