Résultats pour "Uncle Tom's Cabin" dans Fiction historique

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.

"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.

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.

La previsione dell’autrice di un futuro presidente di colore degli Stati Uniti ha visto la sua realizzazione: il libro acquista così, ancora di più, il sapore del riscatto di generazioni oppresse dalla schiavitù. Valori come fratellanza e fede pervadono il libro, più che mai attuale nel mondo della globalizzazione.Adatto a: tutti, in particolare: a tutti coloro che hanno sempre voluto accostarsi ad un grande classico della cultura americana e non ne hanno mai avuto l’occasione.