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Described by Henry James as much less a book than a state of vision, Uncle Toms Cabin is probably the most influential work of fiction in American history. Stowes moving Christian epic turned millions of Americans against slavery, bringing the peculiar institution immeasurably closer to its fiery destruction. In The Ministers Wooing and Oldtown Folks, Stowe examines the interplay of religion, domesticity, and womens roles and choices in the shaping of American culture.
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Volume compilation, notes, and chronology copyright 1982 by Literary Classics of the United States, Inc., New York, N.Y. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced commercially by offset-lithographic or equivalent copying devices without the permission of the publisher.
The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Information SciencesPermanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984.
Distributed to the trade in the United States by Penguin Putnam Inc. and Canada by Penguin Books Canada Ltd.
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 81-18629 For Cataloging in Publication Data, see end of Notes section. ISBN 0-940450-01-1
Tenth Printing The Library of America4
Manufactured in the United States of America
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KATHRYN KISH SKLAR WROTE THE NOTES AND CHRONOLOGY AND SELECTED THE CONTENTS FOR THIS VOLUME
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The publishers wish to thank the Stowe-Day Foundation and the Library of Congress for their assistance.
Grateful acknowledgment is made to the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Ford Foundation, and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for their generous support of this series.
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CONTENTS
Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life among the Lowly
1
The Minister's Wooing
521
Oldtown Folks
877
Chronology
1469
Note on the Texts
1474
Notes
1476
Page 1
UNCLE TOM'S CABIN; OR, LIFE AMONG THE LOWLY
Page 3
CONTENTS
Volume I
Preface
9
Chapter I. In Which the Reader Is Introduced to a Man of Humanity
11
Chapter II. The Mother
22
Chapter III. The Husband and Father
26
Chapter IV. An Evening in Uncle Tom's Cabin
32
Chapter V. Showing the Feelings of Living Property on Changing Owners
45
Chapter VI. Discovery
57
Chapter VII. The Mother's Struggle
67
Chapter VIII. Eliza's Escape
81
Chapter IX. In Which It Appears that a Senator Is but a Man
98
Chapter X. The Property Is Carried Off
116
Chapter XI. In Which Property Gets into an Improper State of Mind
127
Chapter XII. Select Incident of Lawful Trade
142
Chapter XIII. The Quaker Settlement
162
Chapter XIV. Evangeline
172
Chapter XV. Of Tom's New Master, and Various Other Matters
183
Page 4
Chapter XVI. Tom's Mistress and Her Opinions
200
Chapter XVII. The Freeman's Defence
220
Chapter XVIII. Miss Ophelia's Experiences and Opinions
240
Volume II
Chapter XIX. Miss Ophelia's Experiences and Opinions, Continued
257
Chapter XX. Topsy
278
Chapter XXI. Kentuck
295
Chapter XXII. "The Grass WitherethThe Flower Fadeth"
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