The Minister's Wooing (Penguin Classics)

by Harriet Beecher Stowe, Susan K. Harris
The Minister's Wooing (Penguin Classics)
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27 ratings, 3.63 average rating, 4 reviews (more data...)
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published
August 1st 1999 by Penguin Classics

binding
Paperback, 384 pages

isbn
0140437029   (isbn13: 9780140437027)

description
Harriet Beecher Stowe's domestic comedy is a powerful examination of slavery, Protestant theology, and gender differences in early America.
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Amy
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06/21/08

This one is definately in the top ten for me. I love this book and will continue to reread it throughout my life, when I need to feel connected and valued and not alone as a women and mother. Stowe is magical in her ability to elevate the ordinary woman in this tale. Stowe gives the power to the woman and her brave ability to be personal. She reminds us that "where theorists and philosophers tread with sublime arrurance, women often follow with bleeding footsteps - women are always turn...more
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Sarah
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07/28/08

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Ashley
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10/31/08

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recommends it for: 19th Century Literature Fans
Not near as intense as her more popular Uncle Tom's Cabin. However, I'd say this book is vastly underrated. Stowe's examination into the problems of Calvinism, slavery, and the role of women in American society are insightful. Stowe offers one of the very few sympathetic critiques of Puritanism. Since Uncle Tom's Cabin was so intense I figured this book would be as well. While not as radical, Stowe still manages to "stick it to the man" and be rather unconventional in the process. Bewa...more
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Vickie
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09/13/08

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A big book of course written in a different time. Difficult to read because the sentences go on for ever. It was an ok story of a young Puritan woman named Marie. It touched some on Slavery, a lot on religion and faith and love. Not near an equal book to Uncle Tom's Cabin.
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