Selected Masterpieces of World Literature - Uncle Tom's Cabin (Volume 1 and 2)

Author: Harriet Beecher Stowe, translated by Zhang Min, Xiao Jingfang, and Wang Hongying
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Publish Date: August 1, 2002
Features: The novel vividly portrays the black slave Tom, who has been brainwashed with Christian ideals instilled by slave owners and submits to his fate. It also creates a rebellious black slave unwilling to let slave owners determine his life, such as Eliza and her husband, George Harris. At the same time, it reveals the inner worlds of slave owners of various types and their differing behaviors, praising those among them who possess democratic and humanitarian ideals. By describing the contrasting personalities of Tom and the George Harris couple, the novel conveys to readers that passive, subservient slaves like Eliza are doomed to death, while rebellious slaves ultimately achieve rebirth. The publication of this book had a significant impact on the abolition movement in the United States. The renowned American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow called it "the greatest triumph in literary history." U.S. President Abraham Lincoln once humorously remarked to Harriet Beecher Stowe that she had "written a book that sparked a war."