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Uncle Tom’s Cabin

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Start date: March 1, 2015

Finish date: March 31, 2015

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Jul 20, 2014 Joana Marta rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: historical-fiction, 1001-books-to-read-before-you-die, classics

A mensagem deste livro não deixa margem para dúvidas relativamente à sua importância e influência. A denúncia da escravatura, num retrato impressionante da sociedade do séc.XIX na América do Norte, do conflito entre os ricos proprietários no sul dos Estados Unidos e dos escravos norte-americanos.

Como personagem principal temos Tomás,um escravo negro, que acompanhamos desde a primeira à última página, e por ele somos testemunhas de toda a tortura e humilhação dos escravos, mas também da esperanç ...more

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Feb 06, 2022 Beverly rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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I'm so glad that I finally decided to read this book. My imagining that I kind of knew what it was about was so far off base that it's embarrassing. My biggest take away from this read is that I will now never understand why someone would call someone else an "Uncle Tom" and mean it as an insult. Tom didn't want to be a slave but being the Christian man he was, he tried to help everyone he could and do it to the best of his ability...including those that owned him. He certainly did not knuckle u ...more

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Jan 24, 2016 Pip rated it really liked it

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As one of the most influential books of all time, this novel requires a certain regard, regardless of its purple passages. I was quite surprised by the ironic tone and amusing satire of the politics of the South, which disappears when Stowe starts preaching. Despite the one-dimensionality of the characters of Uncle Tom and Little Eva, most characters are interesting and memorable. Growing up like Topsy is a popular expression, as is using "Uncle Tom" as a synonym for an appeaser. And Simon Legre ...more

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