Download or read book Harriet Beecher Stowe written by Joan D. Hedrick and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1995-06-01 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Up to this year I have always felt that I had no particular call to meddle with this subject....But I feel now that the time is come when even a woman or a child who can speak a word for freedom and humanity is bound to speak." Thus did Harriet Beecher Stowe announce her decision to begin work on what would become one of the most influential novels ever written. The subject she had hesitated to "meddle with" was slavery, and the novel, of course, was Uncle Tom's Cabin. Still debated today for its portrayal of African Americans and its unresolved place in the literary canon, Stowe's best-known work was first published in weekly installments from June 5, 1851 to April 1, 1852. It caused such a stir in both the North and South, and even in Great Britain, that when Stowe met President Lincoln in 1862 he is said to have greeted her with the words, "So you are the little woman who wrote the book that created this great war!" In this landmark book, the first full-scale biography of Harriet Beecher Stowe in over fifty years, Joan D. Hedrick tells the absorbing story of this gifted, complex, and contradictory woman. Hedrick takes readers into the multilayered world of nineteenth century morals and mores, exploring the influence of then-popular ideas of "true womanhood" on Stowe's upbringing as a member of the outspoken Beecher clan, and her eventful life as a writer and shaper of public opinion who was also a mother of seven. It offers a lively record of the flourishing parlor societies that launched and sustained Stowe throughout the 44 years of her career, and the harsh physical realities that governed so many women's lives. The epidemics, high infant mortality, and often disastrous medical practices of the day are portrayed in moving detail, against the backdrop of western expansion, and the great social upheaval accompanying the abolitionist movement and the entry of women into public life. Here are Stowe's public triumphs, both before and after the Civil War, and the private tragedies that included the death of her adored eighteen month old son, the drowning of another son, and the alcohol and morphine addictions of two of her other children. The daughter, sister, and wife of prominent ministers, Stowe channeled her anguish and her ambition into a socially acceptable anger on behalf of others, transforming her private experience into powerful narratives that moved a nation. Magisterial in its breadth and rich in detail, this definitive portrait explores the full measure of Harriet Beecher Stowe's life, and her contribution to American literature. Perceptive and engaging, it illuminates the career of a major writer during the transition of literature from an amateur pastime to a profession, and offers a fascinating look at the pains, pleasures, and accomplishments of women's lives in the last century.
Download or read book Uncle Tom s Cabin written by Harriet Beecher Stowe and published by Xist Publishing. This book was released on 2015-03-20 with total page 509 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Little Story that Started the Civil War “Any mind that is capable of a real sorrow is capable of good.” ― Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom's Cabin Uncle Tom's Cabin; or Life Among the Lowly, is one of the most famous anti-slavery works of all time. Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel helped lay the foundation for the Civil War and was the best selling novel of the 19th century. While in recent years, the book's role in creating and reinforcing a number of stereotypes about African Americans, this novel's historical and literary impact should not be overlooked. This Xist Classics edition has been professionally formatted for e-readers with a linked table of contents. This eBook also contains a bonus book club leadership guide and discussion questions. We hope you’ll share this book with your friends, neighbors and colleagues and can’t wait to hear what you have to say about it. Xist Publishing is a digital-first publisher. Xist Publishing creates books for the touchscreen generation and is dedicated to helping everyone develop a lifetime love of reading, no matter what form it takes
Download or read book Harriet Beecher Stowe Collection written by Harriet Beecher Stowe and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-05-22 with total page 586 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Harriet Beecher Stowe ( 1811 - 1896) was an American abolitionist and author. Her novel Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852) was a depiction of life for African Americans under slavery; it reached millions as a novel and play, and became influential in the United States and United Kingdom. It energized anti-slavery forces in the American North, while provoking widespread anger in the South. She wrote more than 20 books, including novels, three travel memoirs, and collections of articles and letters. She was influential both for her writings and her public stands on social issues of the day. In this book: Uncle Tom's Cabin (1851) The Pearl of Orr's Island (1862) Lady Byron Vindicated (1870)
Download or read book The Papers of Harriet Beecher Stowe written by Stowe-Day Memorial Library and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Life and Letters of Harriet Beecher Stowe written by Annie Fields and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Individual letters and fragments of letters composed by author Harriet Elizabeth Beecher Stowe (1811-96) between 1827 and 1893 are incorporated here into a continuous biographical narrative of Stowe's life. Though the materials assembled inadequately represent Stowe's correspondence, they do give a sense of her views on religion, marriage, child rearing, slavery, and writing.
Download or read book The Novels of Harriet Beecher Stowe written by Alice Crozier and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1969 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A critical reassessment of her novels and literary accomplishment, revealing her to have been a writer of considerable imaginative power and unusual foresight.
Download or read book Uncle Tom s Cabin written by Harriet Beecher Stowe and published by . This book was released on 1852 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Picture Book of Harriet Beecher Stowe written by David A. Adler and published by . This book was released on 2004-08 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Details the life and achievements of abolitionist Harriet Beecher Stowe whose book, Uncle Tom's Cabin, is said to have started the Civil War.
Download or read book Harriet Beecher Stowe written by Nancy Koester and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2014-01-13 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "So you're the little woman who started this big war," Abraham Lincoln is said to have quipped when he met Harriet Beecher Stowe. Her 1852 novel Uncle Tom s Cabin converted readers by the thousands to the anti-slavery movement and served notice that the days of slavery were numbered. Overnight Stowe became a celebrity, but to defenders of slavery she was the devil in petticoats. Most writing about Stowe treats her as a literary figure and social reformer while downplaying her Christian faith. But Nancy Koester's biography highlights Stowe s faith as central to her life -- both her public fight against slavery and her own personal struggle through deep grief to find a gracious God. Having meticulously researched Stowe s own writings, both published and un-published, Koester traces Stowe's faith pilgrimage from evangelical Calvinism through spiritualism to Anglican spirituality in a flowing, compelling narrative.
Download or read book Collected Works of Harriet Beecher Stowe written by Harriet Beecher Stowe and published by Pinnacle Press. This book was released on 2017-05-25 with total page 718 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Miss Beecher s Domestic Receipt book written by Catharine Esther Beecher and published by . This book was released on 1871 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Harriet Beecher Stowe Collection Including Uncle Tom s Cabin The Key to Uncle Tom s Cabin The Minister s Wooing and The Pearl of Orr s Island written by Harriet Beecher Stowe and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-21 with total page 1148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Uncle Tom's Cabin: Harriett Beecher Stowe is a woman who hated slavery and all its ugliness. President Lincoln is believed to have said, upon meeting Mrs. Stowe, "So you're the little woman who wrote the book that made this great war!" Her powerful character development makes the stories of the slaves all the more heart-wrenching. It was published in 1852, and served as a much-needed national chastisement over the practice of slavery in the south and also the prejudice against black people in the north. In places the book is dated and it makes the modern reader cringe, but overall it is beautifully written to engender compassion for the slaves, and indeed that is exactly what it did. The Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin: This book was written as a response to critics who argued that Stowe's original book was pure fantasy, and bore no relationship to what actually happened to slaves and others involved with slavery. By documenting her sources, Stowe didn't completely disarm the critics, but she created a way for her friends to defend the work. The Minister's Wooing: This historical fiction was set in 18th century Newport, Rhode Island. It mixes invented characters with real people such as the abolitionist Puritan minister Samuel Hopkins and Aaron Burr. Again Stowe touches on the immorality of slavery, this time from a New England perspective, setting her story in a prime slave trading port in the years after the American Revolution. This place and time also gives her the opportunity to explore the changing role of women within American society. Indeed, the heart of the story revolves around a marriage and the question of what constitutes a proper Christian marriage. All of this is written with Stowe's has a biting, timeless, sardonic wit. The Pearl of Orr's Island: A Story of the Coast of Maine: This story is set in the 19th century on Orr's Island, Maine. The tale follows two orphaned children and the small sea coast community they grow up in. Harriet Beecher Stowe lived in near-by Brunswick for several years, and her familiarity with the area comes through in the small details of life on the island and the characters of the inhabitants.
Download or read book Collected Works of Harriet Beecher Stowe Scholar s Choice Edition written by Harriet Beecher Stowe and published by . This book was released on 2015-02-16 with total page 720 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Household Papers and Stories written by Harriet Beecher Stowe and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-09-04 with total page 423 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Household Papers and Stories" 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.
Download or read book Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe written by Harriet Beecher Stowe and published by . This book was released on 2020-08-05 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "It seems but fitting, that I should preface this story of my life with a few notes of instruction.The desire to leave behind me some recollections of my life, has been cherished by me, for many years past; but failing strength or increasing infirmities have prevented its accomplishment.At my suggestion and with what assistance I have been able to render, my son, Ross Charles Edward Stowe, has compiled from my letters and journals, this biography. It is this true story of my life, told for the most part, in my own words and has therefore all the force of an autobiography.It is perhaps much more accurate as to detail & impression than is possible with any autobiography, written later in life.If these pages, shall help those who read them to a firmer trust in God & a deeper sense of His fatherly goodness throughout the days of our earthly pilgrimage I can say with Valiant for Truth in the Pilgrim's Progress!I am going to my Father's & tho with great difficulty, I am got thither, get now, I do not repent me of all the troubles I have been at, to arrive where I am.My sword I give to him that shall succeed me in my pilgrimage & my courage & skill to him that can get it.
Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to Harriet Beecher Stowe written by Cindy Weinstein and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2004-07-15 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Companion provides fresh perspectives on the frequently read classic Uncle Tom's Cabin as well as on topics of perennial interest, such as Harriet Beecher Stowe's representation of race, her attitude to reform, and her relationship to the American novel. Cindy Weinstein comprehensively investigates Stowe's impact on the American literary tradition and the novel of social change.
Download or read book Household Papers and Stories written by Harriet Beecher Stowe and published by BEYOND BOOKS HUB. This book was released on 2021-01-01 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of stories and essays published by Houghton, Mifflin in 1896 as part of their 16-volume series of "The Writings of Harriet Beecher Stowe."Harriet Beecher was born in Litchfield, Connecticut, one of nine children of the distinguished Congregational minister and stern Calvinist, Lyman Beecher. Of her six brothers, five became ministers, one of whom, Henry Ward Beecher, was considered the finest pulpit orator of his day. In 1832 Harriet Beecher went with her family to Cincinnati, Ohio. There she taught in her sister's school and began publishing sketches and stories.
