文档介绍：1. The author 2. The introduction of the book 3. The analysis of the characters 4. The theme Harriet Beecher Stowe (June 14, 1811 – July 1, 1896) American abolitionist (废奴主义者) and author Her mother died when she was four. She was influenced by her aunt, who believed in the powers of the female mind. The author She studied in the girls' school r a n by her sister, where she received a traditionally "male" education in the classics, including study of languages and mathematics At the age of 21, she moved to Ohio to join her father, who had e the president of Lane Theological Seminary . There, she also joined the Semi- Colon Club , a literary salon and social club In that club, she met Calvin Ellis Stowe , a professor at the seminary and also an critic of slavery . They married on January 6, 1836. Some of her famous works - Uncle Tom's Cabin ( 1852 ) 《汤姆叔叔的小屋》-D red, A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp (1856) 《德雷德:阴暗的大沼地的故事》- The Minister's Wooing (1859) 《牧师的求婚》- The Pearl of Orr's Island (1862) 《奥尔岛的珍珠》- Old Town Folks (1869) 《老城的人们》 The Harriet Beecher Stowe 's House She wrote more than 20 books, including novels, three travel memoirs, and collections of articles and letters. She was influential both for her writings and her public stands on social issues of the day . Hariet Beecher Stowe was partly inspired to create Uncle Tom's Cabin by the autobiography of Josiah Henson, a black man who lived and worked on a o plantation in North Bethesda, Maryland. Henson escaped slavery in 1830 by fleeing to Canada where he helped other fugitive slaves arrive and e self-sufficient, and where he wrote his memoirs . The motivation