Uncle Tom's Cabin

出版者:Wordsworth Editions Ltd

作者:Harriet Beecher Stowe

页数:480

出版时间:1999-12

价格:18.0

装帧:Paperback

isbn号码:9781840224023

丛书系列:Wordsworth Classics

具体描述

Book Description

Wordsworth Classics covers a huge list of beloved works of literature in English and translations. This growing series is rigorously updated, with scholarly introductions and notes added to new titles.

This novel has earned the title of not only bestseller, but also the first protest novel to have a direct impact on political events. The story follows the life and vissitudes of Uncle Tom, a noble negro, and portrays the humanity of an enslaved black people and the moral evil of their enslavement.

From 500 Great Books by Women; review by Erica Bauermeister

This is one of those books that everybody has heard about but few people these days have actually read. It deserves to be read - not simply because it is the basis for symbols so deeply ingrained in American culture that we no longer realize their source, nor because it is one of the bestselling books of all time. This is a book that changed history. Harriet Beecher Stowe was appalled by slavery, and she took one of the few options open to nineteenth century women who wanted to affect public opinion: she wrote a novel, a huge, enthralling narrative that claimed the heart, soul, and politics of pre-Civil War Americans. It is unabashed propaganda and overtly moralistic, an attempt to make whites - North and South - see slaves as mothers, fathers, and people with (Christian) souls. In a time when women might see the majority of their children die, Harriet Beecher Stowe portrays beautiful Eliza fleeing slavery to protect her son. In a time when many whites claimed slavery had "good effects" on blacks, Uncle Tom's Cabin paints pictures of three plantations, each worse than the other, where even the best plantation leaves a slave at the mercy of fate or debt. By twentieth-century standards, her propaganda verges on melodrama, and it is clear that even while arguing for the abolition of slavery she did not rise above her own racism. Yet her questions remain penetrating even today: "Is man ever a creature to be trusted with wholly irresponsible power?"

From AudioFile

Classic nineteenth-century literature can be difficult to read and hear. But this production is an exception. Buck Schirner's characters are so vivid, so well enunciated, that we wish Stowe had created more people for Schirner to give voice to. His characters argue about slavery, lament their fortunes and survive by their wits. He gives each person emotion and depth and reads Stowe's prose with conviction. Indeed, it's hard not to, given the moral force behind her words. The only negative is when Schirner reads in his own voice, which is low and flat. Because of his excellent vocal work, though, the book reminds us that the debate over race and human worth was as vivid in the 1850's as it is today. R.I.G.

Book Dimension :

length: (cm)19.8 width:(cm)12.6

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汤姆叔叔的小屋

目录信息

AUTHOR"S PREFACEIn Which the Reader is Introduced to a Man of HumanityThe MotherThe Husband and FatherAn Evening in Uncle Tom"s CabinShowing the Feelings of Living Property on Changing OwnersDiscoveryThe Mother"s StruggleEliza"s EscapeIn Which it Appears that a Senator is but a ManThe Property is Carried OffIn Which Property Gets into an Improper State of MindSelect Incident of Lawful TradeThe Quaker SettlementEvangelineOf Tom"s New Master, and Various Other MattersTom"s Mistress and Her OpiniomThe Free Man"s DefenceMiss Ophelia"s Experiences and OpinionsMiss Ophelia"s Experiences and Opinions (continued)TopsyKentuck"The Grass Withereth - the Flower Fadeth"HenriqueForeshadowingsThe Little EvangelistDeath"This is the Last of Earth"ReunionThe UnprotectedThe Slave WarehouseThe Middle PassageDark PlacesCassyThe Quadroon"s StoryThe TokensEmmeline and CassyLibertyThe VictoryThe StratagemThe MartyrThe Young MasterAn Authentic Ghost StoryResultsThe LiberatorConcluding Remarks
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读后感

我能理解书中作者的感受，也能体会对黑奴的压迫，更能看到奴隶制的残酷！还可以看到作者笔下汤姆善良、厚重与爱心，但我觉得这部书被几个政治家有意图的评价无限度的拔高了！ 奴隶制必将会被废除，是历史的必然。而削除任何阻碍进步的终极方法，只有战争。而战争不过是政治利益...  

请勿怜悯他！面对这样的生与死，怜悯是不合适的！ 汤姆用自己强大的灵魂战胜了架在他身上的悲惨的命运。  

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读《汤姆叔叔的小屋》后有段话印象深刻，与大家共享。 基督徒的平安心境，是靠信奉一位聪明睿智、统领一切的天父来维持的。他的存在，使空虚的未知世界充满了光明和秩序。然而，对于违抗上帝统治的人来说，那片幽灵的国度，则是“黑暗和死阴之地”，混混沌沌，没有秩序，黑暗...  

《汤姆叔叔的小屋》单行本发行于一八五二年，距离美国南北战争爆发还有八年的时间。一百五十八年后，我终于有空读完了它，由衷感慨作者斯托夫人高尚的人道主义情操。 在斯托夫人生活的时代，南北战争还没有爆发，在美国，蓄奴在很多州里还是合法的行为。不过，从斯托夫...  

用户评价

aave启蒙

社会政治意义大于文学意义。Stowe对女性在slavery里的描述想人想起Harriet Jacob，似乎后者也想把自己的作品片段放进Stowe书里的，为什么没有呢

长于情感说理，表现手法略逊

还不错，很易读，故事也比较抓人。

剧情很不错，很多情节都很深刻，有的让人感动，有的让人愤怒，很给力。人物刻画的不错，tom和george反差真大，又很吸引人。对话太多了，很多废话，单词量虽然不大，口语俚语很多，不太好懂。引用的句子有的还挺难，不好理解。8.4吧，很不错。