by Harriet Beecher Stowe · France Loisirs / Hachette · tapa dura · ISBN 9782724253597
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«La case de l'oncle Tom» is the classic novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe, published by France Loisirs / Hachette in hardcover (461 pages, in French).
The novel follows the vicissitudes of Tom and other enslaved people in the nineteenth-century United States, showing the brutality of the slave system and the search for dignity and freedom. The author denounces the incompatibility between Christian theology and the dehumanization of slaves.
The novel was originally published in 1852 under the title «Uncle Tom's Cabin; or Life Among the Lowly». This 1992 French edition belongs to the «Collection Jeunes» series.
For young readers and for those who wish for a French edition of a nineteenth-century classic.
Harriet Elisabeth Beecher Stowe was an American author and abolitionist. She came from the Beecher family and wrote a popular novel called Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852), which depicts the harsh conditions experienced by enslaved African Americans. The book reached an audience of millions as a novel and play and was influential in the United States and in Great Britain, energizing anti-slavery forces in the American North, while provoking widespread anger in the South. Stowe wrote over 30 books, including novels, three travel memoirs, and collections of articles and letters. She was influential both for her writings and for her public stances and debates on social issues of the day.
