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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
这是一部黑人的血泪史。故事中的主人公汤姆是个极其善良的人,十分信奉上帝,希望上帝能赐予他自由。他虽然不识很多字,但还是经常尽自己所能去读《圣经》。但就是这样一个信奉上帝、十分善良的人却最终死在了残暴的奴隶主手下。不是有句古话说“善有善报,恶有恶报”吗? 在汤...
评分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...
评分《汤姆叔叔的小屋》第一部译成中文的美国小说,美国南北战争的导火线之一。影响历史进程的经典著作,美国历史上里程碑式的32本书之一。哈佛大学113位教授推荐的最有影响的书,影响中国近代社会的经典译作。对人类发展进程产生过深远影响的书籍。 1851年,斯陀夫人...
评分比想象中的要好看很多。 爱与善良的故事,心灵净化书。 好吧,看完之后我都想用那个小女孩的名字做英文名。
评分作者的世界观太歪了。全篇充斥着天主教的软广告。多到让人无法忍受。故事也假的离奇。描写的并不是一个真实的世界,仿佛是作者脑海里的世界。好人最后就可以上天国,坏人就必将噩梦连连,同样是反对蓄奴的文章,马克吐温的就中立的多。至少他不会从神学的角度来述说奴隶们的悲...
多面的人物不能说是round character,更确切地说是square character。性格特征善恶分明,却怎么都觉得那善的和恶的不能统一在一个个体身上。事件基本成为开始和结局,人物也不需要做决定,作者性在里面谄媚的引诱让人觉得浑身不舒服。
评分读的部分章节 书的社会意义当然远大于文学意义 看到最后一章必然联想到现在的欧洲和美国 以及 上帝死后 我们又要用什么来威慑人们向善
评分小时候看的电视剧好象特别长. 小说还是很简洁.
评分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
评分好无聊噢
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