汤姆叔叔的小屋：UNCLE TOM’S CABIN(…

    Among the most “banned” books in the United States, Uncle Tom’s Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly is a novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe which treats slavery as a central theme. Stowe was a Connecticut-born teacher at the Hartford Female Academy and an active abolitionist. The novel is believed to have had a profound effect on the North’s view of slavery. In fact, when he met Harriet Beecher Stowe, President Lincoln is said to have commented, “So you’re the little lady whose book started the Civil War.”      First published on March 20, 1852, Uncle Tom’s Cabin was the best-selling novel of the 19th century and the second best-selling book of that century, following the Bible. In the first year after it was published, 300,000 copies of the book were sold in the United States; one million copies in Great Britain. In 1855, three years after it was published, it was called “the most popular novel of our day.” The story focuses on the tale of Uncle Tom, a long-suffering black slave, the central character around whose life the other characters — both fellow slaves and slave owners — revolve. The novel depicts the harsh reality of slavery while also showing that Christian love and faith can overcome even something as evil as enslavement of fellow human beings.
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      《汤姆叔叔的小屋》，19世纪极具影响力的小说（其销量仅次于《圣经》），并被认为是刺激1850年废奴主义兴起的一大因素。在其发表的头一年里，仅美国本土便销售出了三十多万册，这在19世纪中叶可是天文数字。《汤姆叔叔的小屋》对美国社会的影响如此巨大，以致在南北战争爆发的初期，当林肯见斯托夫人时，曾说到：“你就是那位引发了一场大战的小妇人。” 后来，这句话为众多作家竞相引用。       本版《汤姆叔叔的小屋》为英文版，同时提供配套英文朗读免费下载（扫描扉页二维码即可下载页面），在品读精彩故事的同时，亦能提升英语阅读水平。
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      《汤姆叔叔的小屋》 哈里耶特·比彻·斯陀（Harriet Beecher Stowe），美国作家，出生于美国一个牧师家庭，曾做过教师，她在辛辛那提市住了18年，在这里她经受了一段逃亡生活，这为她创作这部《汤姆叔叔的小屋》奠定了基础。这部小说首先于1852年在《民族时代》刊物上连载，连载以后，立刻引起强烈的反响，受到人们的广泛认可。同时，这部《汤姆叔叔的小屋》写于19世纪50年代的美国，正是浪漫主义兴盛时期，它的发表对美国文学向现实主义文学过渡发展产生了深远的影响。