Skip to content

Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe

Photo of Guy
Hosted By
Guy and Nikki M.
Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe

Details

Our October book is Harriet Beecher Stowe's 1852 abolitionist novel Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly. Her book changed American hearts and minds about slavery.

The influence of Uncle Tom's Cabin was so immense that the story arose that when Abraham Lincoln welcomed Stowe to the White House during the American Civil War he reportedly declared, "So this is the little lady who started this great war."

In the US, it was the best-selling novel of the 19th century and the second best-selling book of all after the Bible.

Project Gutenberg link for those e-reading:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/203

VENUE
We meet in the ‘Games Room’, The Library's private area overlooking Courtenay Place. After you enter the bar, head to your right (up the step) and through a smaller space with booths to the large carpeted space beyond.

Photo of Wellington Classic Literature Group group
Wellington Classic Literature Group
See more events
The Library
53 Courtenay Place · Wellington
Google map of the user's next upcoming event's location
FREE