Uncle Tom's Cabin
by (american) Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe
About This Novel
The most important theme of "Uncle Tom's Cabin (English Edition)" edited by Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe is the accusation and exposure of slavery. The purpose of Mrs. Stowe's creation was firstly to make northerners aware of the terrible things happening in the south, and secondly to inspire people's sympathy for southerners trapped in slavery. The most commonly used subtitle of the novel - The Life of the Lowly, shows the author's attitude: slavery is not only an individual evil, but also a mercenary institutional evil. "Uncle Tom's Cabin" was Stowe's fierce response to the Fugitive Slave Act. Another theme of the novel is the irreconcilability between slavery and the spirit of Christianity. Mrs. Stowe's potential target audience was mainly devout Protestants, so she tried every means to show that slavery was contrary to Christian creed.
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