Full Description
When Uncle Tom's Cabin was published in 1852 it caused a sensation. Its antislavery position proved to be one the most powerful cultural influences behind the Civil War. By emphasizing the moral failure inherent in slavery, it helped intensify the conflict between north and south. By the end of the year it had sold over 300,000 copies in the U.S. and more than a million abroad. It went on to be the nineteenth century's worldwide bestseller.
To capitalize on the book's success the publisher released a lavishly illustrated gift version for the Christmas season. Widely known as the "Splendid Edition," the deluxe offering included over one hundred detailed engravings by Hammatt Billings, who had done six pictures for the original printing. The artfully integrated illustrations amplify the book's abolitionist ideas and capture its historical moment, lending the narrative a moving immediacy.
Reissued for the first time, this facsimile edition gives general readers the chance to experience Harriet Beecher Stowe's classic in this most revealing form. It includes a substantial introduction by Bancroft-winning historian David S. Reynolds that situates the novel within the world of ideas and images operative at the time.
Contents
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
