Harriet Beecher Stowe
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A Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin is a "supplement" book published to document Harriet Beecher Stowe's bestselling book and anti-slavery novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin. An instant classic, Uncle Tom's Cabin (which was first published in 1852) had a profound impact on attitudes toward African Americans and slavery in the United States. Stowe's novel, which was highly controversial at the time, provoked a firestorm of competing and contradictory responses among...
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Dred: A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp (1856) is a historical novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe. Although her career peaked with the publication of abolitionist novel Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852), Stowe continued to work as a professional writer throughout her life. A tale of greed, betrayal, and rebellion, Dred: A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp displays her impressive imaginative range and admirable moral outlook while illuminating aspects of early American...
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Mary Scudder and her mother live a modest life in a community known for its engagement in both religious piety and the slave trade. Their boarder is a famous Calvinist theologian who preaches against slavery. Torn between her Calvinist upbringing and her love for the skeptic James Marvyn, Mary is forced to make a decision about her future when Marvyn is reportedly lost at sea.
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In Harriet Beecher Stowe's short story, Christmas in Poganuc, a young New England girl, Dolly, is left alone while the village gathers at the church to celebrate Christmas. This timeless holiday classic was first published in the collection, A Budget of Christmas Tales by Charles Dickens and Others, in 1895. It follows up on Harriet Beecher Stowe's earlier work Poganuc People: Their Loves and Lives.
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Oldtown Folks (1869) is a historical novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe. Although her career peaked with the publication of abolitionist novel Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852), Stowe continued to work as a professional writer throughout her life. A tale of family, faith, and perseverance, Oldtown Folks displays her impressive imaginative range and admirable moral outlook while illuminating aspects of early American life that would otherwise be consigned to history....
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One of Stowe's society novels, this delightful story follows the title character's journey towards love and marriage. Having fallen for his future wife at the age of six, Harry lovingly relates how his child-wife became his shadow wife, and finally, his real wife.
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Best known for Uncle Tom's Cabin, her classic depiction of slavery that crysalized sentiment in the abolitionist cause, Harriet Beecher Stowe was also the author of this lesser-known but wonderfully rich reminiscence of life in early 19th century New England. Poganuc People was Stowe's last novel.
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The first of Stowe's society novels, this amusing tale tells the story of a spoiled, gold-digging belle named Lillie Ellis and the upstanding but unfortunate man who is duped into marrying her. A delightful book that also provides insight into the institution of marriage in the nineteenth century, Pink and White Tyranny is an entertaining work by this iconic American writer.
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Oldtown Fireside Stories (1872) is a collection of children's stories by Harriet Beecher Stowe. Although her career peaked with the publication of abolitionist novel Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852), Stowe continued to work as a professional writer throughout her life. These stories capture her imaginative range and moral outlook while illuminating aspects of American life that would otherwise be consigned to history. Two boys bored of provincial life ask...
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"The Christmas Stories by Harriet Beecher Stowe: Illustrated" is a heartwarming collection that brings together the enchanting holiday tales of the acclaimed American author, Harriet Beecher Stowe. This anthology includes several beloved stories, including "Betty's Bright Idea," "Christmas in Poganuc," "The Second Christmas," and more.
Harriet Beecher Stowe, best known for her influential novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin," showcases her talent for storytelling...
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DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Queer Little Folks" by Harriet Beecher Stowe. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
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"I highly recommend reading this supplement in conjunction with Ms. Stowe's novel to gain a better understanding of the history of our nation." - The Literary South In 1852 Harriet Beecher Stowe published Uncle Tom's Cabin, an instant classic that received overwhelming acclaim by Northerners and other abolitionist readers. Southerners, conversely, strongly denied the novel's accuracy. The following year Stowe answered pro-slavery critics with this...
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"Uncle Tom's Cabin, Young Folks' Edition" by Harriet Beecher Stowe. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our...
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Stowe was the daughter of a prominent preacher, and the sister of the famous minister Henry Ward Beecher. This 1877 anthology of original and classic Christian hymns, essays, and homilies is organized by holiday, presenting thoughts for Advent, Christmas, the Epiphany, Lent, Passion Week, Easter, and the Ascension.
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A fascinating account of the separation of George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron and his wife Anne Isabella Noel Byron, 11th Baroness Wentworth and Baroness Byron, defending her role in the controversy. Lord Byron is best known as a poet, as well as being the father of the world's first computer programmer, Ada Countess of Lovelace.
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The final of Stowe's society novels, We and Our Neighbors is the sequel to My Wife and I. In the book, Stowe continues the heartwarming tale of Harry and Eva Henderson and their domestic ups and downs. Lighthearted in tone, the book reveals much about Stowe's views of women and the primacy of their domestic roles.
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"Queer little people" by Harriet Beecher Stowe. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce...
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Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands is a two-volume travel sketch of Harriet Beecher Stowe, written during her visit to Europe, in which she denotes her impressions from England, Scotland, France, Germany and few other countries. The book contains her diary entries and letters addressed to her children, her father and some other family members in which she chronicles her journey and exposes her impressions.
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The heroine of this 1862 historical novel is Agnes, a country girl living amidst the spiritual tranquility of an Italian convent. With her hand sought by a cast-out Italian prince, she is torn between the prospect of love and her sense of duty to the charismatic monk Savonarola, the instigator of the original and actual fifteenth-century "Bonfire of the Vanities."
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