文档介绍：Uncle Tom's Cabin
汤姆叔叔的小屋
Introduction to the author----
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Main plots of the novel
The theme of the novel
The Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896)
Harriet Beecher Stowe (June 14, 1811 – July 1, 1896)was an American abolitionist and author.
She was influential both for her
writings and her public stands
on social issues of the day.
Her works
Uncle Tom's Cabin, 1852-《汤姆叔叔的小屋》
Dred: A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp, 1856《德雷德：阴暗大沼地的故事》
The Pearl of Orr's Island, 1862 《奥尔岛上的明珠》
Old Town Folks, 1869《老镇上的人们》
Pink and white tyranny, 1871《粉色和白色的暴政》
（Celebrity evaluation）名人评价
1. 构成那次巨大战争‐南北战争导火线的，想不到竟是这位身材矮小的、可爱的夫人。她写了一本书，酿成了伟大的胜利。 ‐美国总统林肯
2. 斯陀夫人的《汤姆叔叔的小屋》是文学史上最伟大的胜利。 ‐美国著名诗人亨利∙郎费罗
3. 第一次听到了美国女作家斯托夫人的小说《黑奴吁天录》即（《汤姆叔叔的小屋》），美国南部黑奴们的悲惨命运和他们勇敢抗争的故事，心激动不已，紧握着眼泪湿透的手绢，在枕上翻来覆去，久久不能入寐。
‐著名作家冰心
Some pictures in the novel
Main Plots of The Novel
Uncle Tom, a slave on the Shelby plantation, is loved by his owners, their son, and every slave on the property. He lives contentedly with his wife and children in their own cabin until Mr. Shelby, deeply in debt to a slave trader named Haley, agrees to sell Tom and Harry, the child of his wife's servant Eliza. Tom is devastated but vows that he will not run away, as he believes that to do so would plunge his master so far into debt that he would be forced to sell every slave.
Main Plots
Just before Tom is taken away, Mrs. Shelby promises him that she will buy him back as soon as she can gather the funds. Tom is sold to Haley, who eventually sells him to a kindly master named Mr. St. Clare.
Eliza, however, cannot bear to part with her son and escapes the night before he is to be taken from her. She escapes successfully and makes her way to a Quaker village, with a