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Uncle Tom's Cabin

Harriet Beecher Stowe · 1852

Original text in English.

A law of 1850 obliges the inhabitants of free states to help capture those who have fled, on pain of fine and imprisonment. The novel gives faces and names to what the law treats as property.

Novel · 45 parts · about 181 000 words · about 13 h 05 of reading

Contents

VOLUME I

1. IIn Which the Reader Is Introduced to a Man of Humanity18 min
2. IIThe Mother5 min
3. IIIThe Husband and Father9 min
4. IVAn Evening in Uncle Tom’s Cabin20 min
5. VShowing the Feelings of Living Property on Changing Owners15 min
6. VIDiscovery16 min
7. VIIThe Mother’s Struggle23 min
8. VIIIEliza’s Escape28 min
9. IXIn Which It Appears That a Senator Is But a Man29 min
10. XThe Property Is Carried Off18 min
11. XIIn Which Property Gets into an Improper State of Mind24 min
12. XIISelect Incident of Lawful Trade29 min
13. XIIIThe Quaker Settlement15 min
14. XIVEvangeline18 min
15. XVOf Tom’s New Master, and Various Other Matters28 min
16. XVITom’s Mistress and Her Opinions33 min
17. XVIIThe Freeman’s Defence30 min
18. XVIIIMiss Ophelia’s Experiences and Opinions28 min

VOLUME II

1. XIXMiss Ophelia’s Experiences and Opinions Continued36 min
2. XXTopsy25 min
3. XXIKentuck8 min
4. XXII“The Grass Withereth—the Flower Fadeth”12 min
5. XXIIIHenrique13 min
6. XXIVForeshadowings11 min
7. XXVThe Little Evangelist8 min
8. XXVIDeath22 min
9. XXVII“This Is the Last of Earth” [1]13 min
10. XXVIIIReunion25 min
11. XXIXThe Unprotected13 min
12. XXXThe Slave Warehouse17 min
13. XXXIThe Middle Passage10 min
14. XXXIIDark Places14 min
15. XXXIIICassy13 min
16. XXXIVThe Quadroon’s Story20 min
17. XXXVThe Tokens11 min
18. XXXVIEmmeline and Cassy11 min
19. XXXVIILiberty11 min
20. XXXVIIIThe Victory18 min
21. XXXIXThe Stratagem17 min
22. XLThe Martyr12 min
23. XLIThe Young Master11 min
24. XLIIAn Authentic Ghost Story11 min
25. XLIIIResults14 min
26. XLIVThe Liberator6 min
27. XLVConcluding Remarks16 min

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