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De seguro puedes presumir de tener el mejor tío del mundo: el que juega sin cansarse, o el que regaña poco, pero para otros oyentes el favorito quizá sea el tío Tom, ese queridísimo esclavo negro que dio vida a una de las novelas de mayor fama. Siguiendo el camino de esta historia, pasarás por el sur de los Estados Unidos, por el siglo XIX, y también por La cabaña del tío Tom.

La cabaña del tío Tom es una novela de la escritora estadounidense Harriet Beecher Stowe. Narra principalmente la historia del tío Tom, esclavo que trabaja hace años en la propiedad de los Shelby, donde vive junto con su familia, y es vendido a un traficante de esclavos. A la par de las peripecias de Tom, que después de ser vendido cae en manos de diferentes esclavistas violentos, se narra la historia de Eliza, que escapa de la propiedad de los Shelby después de que su pequeño hijo Harry también fuera vendido, como Tom; y también la de otros personajes.

Catch the holiday spirit with this magical collection of beloved Christmas tales. Christmas favorites from L.M. Montgomery, O. Henry, Willa Cather, Hans Christian Anderson, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Mark Twain, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Bret Harte and Anthony Trollope are lovingly recorded and presented here in one enchanting volume.

This audiobook is about slavery in the 1850s and follows a man known as Uncle Tom through his struggles of being human under ownership in the south of the United States when slavery was still legal.

While often brutal and cruel, Uncle Tom’s Cabin is a realistic look at the horrors of slavery and the vast enormity of the struggles slaves went through, and was Stowe’s great effort at demonstrating to a wide audience the evils of their society and igniting empathy in readers’ hearts. Harriet Beecher Stowe was an influential American author and abolitionist. Uncle Tom’s Cabin is the most well-known of her 30 books, and was a great source of inspiration and energy for the anti-slavery fighters.

When a Kentucky farmer is forced to sell two slaves to a plantation owner, it becomes a turning point in the lives of both slaves. For Eliza, it's one of escape - a harrowing flight north with her young son. For Uncle Tom, sent down the Mississippi River, it's a more certain fate, as he struggles to survive against the brutal exploitation of his traders.

Der Roman schildert das Schicksal einer Reihe von afroamerikanischen Sklaven und ihrer jeweiligen Besitzer in den vierziger Jahren des 19. Jahrhunderts in den USA...

Harriet Beecher Stowe is most known for her revolutionary novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin which greatly influenced the anti-slavery movements. Stowe had been active in many different genres, however, including the writing of short stories that further her firm grasp of moral principles. Betty’s Bright Idea shares three short stories exploring themes of charity, sacrifice, and joyful celebrations.

Onkel Tom und seine Familie haben es besser getroffen als viele andere Sklaven, sie haben einen guten Herrn. Doch als dieser aus finanzieller Not Tom eines Tages verkaufen muss, beginnt für den Schwarzen einlanger Leidensweg. Schließlich macht sich Robert, der Sohn seines damaligen Herrn, auf die Suche nach Tom.

Kiedy w Stanach Zjednoczonych uchwalono ustawę przeciwko ukrywaniu zbiegłych czarnoskórych niewolników, Harriet Elisabeth Stowe podjęła się opisania stosowanych wobec nich bezwzględności i przemocy. "Chata wuja Toma" opowiada o tych, którzy zmuszeni do niewolniczej posługi, mimo upokorzeń starają się zachować godność. Główny bohater wierzy, że dopóki ma możliwość wyboru pomiędzy dobrem a złem, pozostaje człowiekiem wolnym. Przejmująca historia o uniwersalnych wartościach: o miłości, przebaczeniu i nadziei na lepsze czasy.

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Master wit Mark Twain selected these 27 stories himself by 15 of his favorite 19th-century authors. The order follows that which Twain placed them in in the original anthology, published in 1888. He indulged his comic fancy rather than making a textbook in which all themes or authors are placed together, saying that "This way you will have to peruse the whole thing before discovering that one of your favorites is not included." Among others, you'll find: Artemus Ward, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Francis Lee Pratt, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Frederick W. Cozzens, and Twain himself.

This Christmas tale set in colonial New England was originally published in the 1895 collection A Budget of Christmas Tales by Charles Dickens and Others. The short story takes place in a fictionalized version of Litchfield, Connecticut, the town where Stowe grew up, which is also the setting of her novel Poganuc People: Their Loves and Lives. This version of "Christmas in Poganuc" was recorded as part of Dreamscape's Classic Christmas Stories: A Collection of Timeless Holiday Tales.

19世纪中期，美国北方肯塔基州农场主谢尔比家有一名忠心维护主人利益的黑奴，大家都称呼他为汤姆叔叔……19世紀中期，美國北方肯塔基州農場主謝爾比家有一名忠心維護主人利益的黑奴，大家都稱呼他為湯姆叔叔……

From the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin comes the short tale about a grown-up girl named Mary who finds good company with her cousin, William - until the townspeople get to talking....

First published in 1859, and set in 18th-century Newport, Rhode Island, The Minister's Wooing is a historical novel and domestic comedy that satirizes Calvinism, celebrating its intellectual and moral integrity while critiquing its rigid theology. Mary Scudder lives with her widowed mother in a modest middle-class home. Dr. Hopkins, a Calvinist minister who boards with them, is dedicated to helping the slaves arriving at Newport and calls for the abolition of slavery.

"So this is the little lady that made the big war." The authenticity of Lincoln's words have been questioned, but there is no question that the work fueled the passion and prejudices of countless numbers. It is a work of overwhelming power and persuasions which has outlived even the most severe critics. Notwithstanding its contribution to the abolitionist movement, the book offers a balanced treatment; there is admiration for the best of Southern gentility and the villain is a Vermonter.

Uncle Tom is a high-minded, devoutly Christian black slave to a kind family, the Shelbys. But beset by financial difficulties, the Shelbys sell Tom to a slave trader. Young George Shelby promises to someday redeem him. The story relates Uncle Tom's trials, suffering, and religious fortitude.

Eliza Harris, a slave whose child is to be sold, escapes her beloved home on the Shelby plantation in Kentucky and heads North, eluding the hired slave catchers. Aided by the Underground Railroad, Quakers, and others opposed to the Fugitive Slave Act, Eliza, her son, and her husband George run toward Canada.

Uncle Tom's Cabin is centered on the character of Uncle Tom, a long-suffering black slave around whom the stories of other characters - both fellow slaves and slave owners - revolve. This emotional novel portrays the reality of slavery while also stressing that Christian love can defeat something as damaging as enslavement of fellow human beings. Uncle Tom's Cabin was the best-selling book in the 19th century, and second best-selling following the Bible.