Uncle Tom's Cabin
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4.4 • 118 Ratings
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Publisher Description
The story focuses on the tale of Uncle Tom, a long suffering black slave, the central character around whose life the other characters.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Berneis gives a bravura performance in the latest audio edition of this classic tale. First published in 1851, Stowe's novel focuses on the stories of two black slaves. The first is young Eliza, who makes a desperate run for freedom when she discovers that her son is about to be sold and taken away from her. The second is Uncle Tom, who is about to be sold by the masters he loves and trusts. Rather than run, he accepts his fate, holding on to his Christian faith to carry him through these tribulations. Both characters long for the peace that would come with the release of their bonds, and both, after much heartbreak, troubles and tears, find that peace, but in very different ways. Berneis is a consummate storyteller. She gives the book's many characters distinct, individual voices that nimbly flow from one line to another. Her reading is simple and easy to listen to, even when the words and situations are disturbing. This is a powerful antislavery book that still resonates, over 100 years since its initial publication, and Berneis is an excellent choice to bring Stowe's provocative novel to life.
Customer Reviews
Uncle Tom's Cabin-an account of slavery.
This is a story that must be read!
It speaks of inequality in the plainest way. Slavery, an appalling demonstration of upper class superiority, cost the lives of many and more, the souls of the oppressed along with them.
Today, England's and America's capitalism still enslaves men of all colour and the dark skinned are still oppressed.
Not much has changed. The upper classes still rule, the low classes and the classless still suffer.
Tom's lesson yet lives! The millennium will come. Freedom is just around the corner.
Uncle tom's cabin
I cannot believe it has taken me so long to read this book. I struggled to put it down. An amazing insight into the different aspects of slavery some of which I wasn't aware of. The author was sensitive yet thorough in her work
Amazing book
This book was a touching truth and a very enjoyable read. not for the particularly faint hearted though, as it was not so much a lighthearted tail as an example as a harsh realities of the time. That said I thoroughly recommend this book as a marvellous read!
I think that the woman who wrote this book deserves 3 hearty cheers!!!!!!!!