Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811–1896)
Autor/a de La cabana de l'oncle Tom
Sobre l'autor
Harriet Beecher was born in Litchfield, Connecticut, one of nine children of the distinguished Congregational minister and stern Calvinist, Lyman Beecher. Of her six brothers, five became ministers, one of whom, Henry Ward Beecher, was considered the finest pulpit orator of his day. In 1832 Harriet mostra'n més Beecher went with her family to Cincinnati, Ohio. There she taught in her sister's school and began publishing sketches and stories. In 1836 she married the Reverend Calvin E. Stowe, one of her father's assistants at the Lane Theological Seminary and a strong antislavery advocate. They lived in Cincinnati for 18 years, and six of her children were born there. The Stowes moved to Brunswick, Maine, in 1850, when Calvin Stowe became a professor at Bowdoin College. Long active in abolition causes and knowledgeable about the atrocities of slavery both from her reading and her years in Cincinnati, with its close proximity to the South, Stowe was finally impelled to take action with the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act in 1850. By her own account, the idea of Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852) first came to her in a vision while she was sitting in church. Returning home, she sat down and wrote out the scene describing the death of Uncle Tom and was so inspired that she continued to write on scraps of grocer's brown paper after her own supply of writing paper gave out. She then wrote the book's earlier chapters. Serialized first in the National Era (1851--52), an important abolitionist journal with national circulation, Uncle Tom's Cabin was published in book form in March 1852. It was an immediate international bestseller; 10,000 copies were sold in less than a week, 300,000 within a year, and 3 million before the start of the Civil War. Family legend tells of President Abraham Lincoln (see Vol. 3) saying to Stowe when he met her in 1862: "So this is the little lady who made this big war?" Whether he did say it or not, we will never know, since Stowe left no written record of her interview with the president. But he would have been justified in saying it. Certainly, no other single book, apart from the Bible, has ever had any greater social impact on the United States, and for many years its enormous historical interest prevented many from seeing the book's genuine, if not always consistent, literary merit. The fame of the novel has also unfortunately overshadowed the fiction that Stowe wrote about her native New England: The Minister's Wooing (1859), Oldtown Folks (1869), Poganuc People (1878), and The Pearl of Orr's Island (1862), the novel that, according to Sarah Orne Jewett, began the local-color movement in New England. Here Stowe was writing about the world and its people closest and dearest to her, recording their customs, their legends, and their speech. As she said of one of these novels, "It is more to me than a story. It is my resume of the whole spirit and body of New England." (Bowker Author Biography) Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896) remains one of the most influential writers in American history. Following the publication of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" she became an instant celebrity, speaking against slavery in the United States & Europe. (Publisher Provided) mostra'n menys
Crèdit de la imatge: National Portrait Gallery
Obres de Harriet Beecher Stowe
Harriet Beecher Stowe: Three Novels: Uncle Tom's Cabin, The Minister's Wooing, Oldtown Folks (1982) 389 exemplars
A Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin: Presenting the Original Facts and Documents Upon Which the Story Is Founded (1853) 114 exemplars
Harriet Beecher Stowe: Compiled from Her Letters and Journals by Her Son Charles Edward Stowe (1889) 39 exemplars
Illustrated Uncle Tom's Cabin and the Emancipation Proclamation: With 120 Illustrations (2020) 12 exemplars
"The Mayflower, Or, Sketches of Scenes and Characters Among the Descendants of the Pilgrims." (1900) 11 exemplars
Delphi Complete Works of Harriet Beecher Stowe (Illustrated) (Series Four Book 13) (2014) 9 exemplars
Betty's Bright Idea; Deacon Pitkin's Farm; and the First Christmas of New England (2006) 8 exemplars
Uncle Tom's Cabin / Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave (1993) 8 exemplars
Uncle Tom's Cabin: Ignatius Critical Editions 7 exemplars
Uncle Sam's emancipation : Earthly care, a heavenly discipline; and other sketches (1977) 4 exemplars
The Greatest Christmas Stories & Poems in One Volume: 150 Tales, Poems & Carols (Illustrated): Silent Night, Ring Out… (2015) 3 exemplars
Rare Harriet Beecher Stowe UNCLE TOM'S CABIN Easton Press Leather 100 Greatest Books — Autor — 3 exemplars
Works of Harriet Beecher Stowe. Huge collection. (40 Works) Includes Uncle Tom's Cabin, Sunny Memories of Foreign… (2007) 2 exemplars
Uncle Tom's Cabin for Children [Adapted from the Work of H.B. Stowe] (2013) — Orginal novel — 2 exemplars
Religious Studies Sketches and Poems: The Writings of Harriet Beecher Stowe Volume XV (2018) 2 exemplars
Tell it All A Woman's Life in Polygamy 2 exemplars
A cabana do pai Tomás - Vol. 2 2 exemplars
The Education of Freedmen, part 1 2 exemplars
Mr. And Mrs. Woodbridge 2 exemplars
The Education of Freedmen, part 2 2 exemplars
The Twelve Months. A New Year's Dream. 2 exemplars
A cabana do pai Tomás - Vol. 1 2 exemplars
Our Charley, and what to do with him 2 exemplars
The Two Altars; Or, Two Pictures in One 2 exemplars
The Writings of Harriet Beecher Stowe, Riverside Edition, Volume IX, in Two Volume, Volume I, Oldtown Folks and Sam… (1896) 2 exemplars
Uncle Tom's cabin : or, Life among the lowly. With a sketch of the life of Josiah Henson, generally known as 2 exemplars
The Ultimate Christmas Collection: 150+ authors & 400+ Christmas Novels, Stories, Poems, Carols & Legends 2 exemplars
La case de l'oncle Tom 1 exemplars
La cabaña del Tío Tom (Tomo II) 1 exemplars
Uncle Toms Cabin the Story Which Led To 1 exemplars
Tom Brown's Schooldays, Uncle Tom's Cabin 1 exemplars
Tamás bátya kunyhója 1 exemplars
Chaloupka strýčka Toma 1 exemplars
Our Famous Women 1 exemplars
Regional Sketches New England And Florida 1 exemplars
Uncle Toms Cabin or Life among the Lowly 1 exemplars
Men of Our Times Leading Patriots of The Day 1 exemplars
Uncle Tom's Cabin, adapted by Anne Terry White 1 exemplars
Knocking, Knocking 1 exemplars
Uncle Tom's Cabin (Dover Thrift Editions) (Edition (5th)) by Harriet Beecher Stowe [Paperback(2005£©] 1 exemplars
Onkel Tom 1 exemplars
How to Live On Christ 1 exemplars
Uncle Tom's cabin 1 exemplars
Cica Tomina koliba, klasici u stripu 1 exemplars
La Cabina del Tio Tom - Coleccion Amistad vol. 6 1 exemplars
The Fat Pirate 1 exemplars
Pink and White Tyranny (1871). By: Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe: Novel (Original Classics), Illustrated. (2017) 1 exemplars
Onkel Toms Hütte Klassiker für Kinder 1 exemplars
Tales from Real Life 1 exemplars
The Works: Harriet Beecher Stowe 1 exemplars
Uncle Tom’s Cabin, A Key to Ankle Tom’s Cabin 1 exemplars
Uncle Toms Cabin 1 exemplars
Onkel Toms stuga I 1 exemplars
“The Seamstress” 1 exemplars
How We Kept Thanksgiving at Oldtown 1 exemplars
La Case de l'oncle Tom (French Edition) 1 exemplars
Uncle Tom’s Cabin Volume I 1 exemplars
Uncle Tom’s Cabin Volume II 1 exemplars
Onkel Tooms stuga II 1 exemplars
The Big Book of Christmas: 140+ authors and 400+ novels, novellas, stories, poems & carols 1 exemplars
Americans in Fiction Series Vol 70 (The Minister's Wooing By Harriet Beecher Stowe) (1968) 1 exemplars
Uncle Tom's Cabin, youth's companion edition 1 exemplars
The Story of Uncle Tom's Cabin - Specially Adapted for Scholastic Use (Junior Children's Library) (1852) 1 exemplars
Stowe Novels 1 exemplars
Oldtown Folks II, and Sam Lawson's Oldtown Fireside Stories (Novels and Stories by Harriet Beecher Stowe, Fireside… (1910) 1 exemplars
Young Folk's Uncle Tom's cabin Adapted for Children. With Original illustrations by Ike Morgan 1 exemplars
The Ghost in the Mill 1 exemplars
WRITINGS OF HARRIET BEECHER STOWE 1 1 exemplars
WRITINGS OF HARRIET BEECHER STOWE II 1 exemplars
Oldtown Folks I (Novels and Stories by Harriet Beecher Stowe, Fireside Edition - Volume VI) 1 exemplars
Små tomtar eller små behag som bereda huslig lycka : Bearbetning efter House and Homepapers 1 exemplars
De profeet in de wildernis, of De vloek der slavernij : toneelen uit 't slavenleven in Noord-Amerika 1 exemplars
Oldtown Folks And Sam Lawson Volume 1. The Writings Of Harriet Beecher Stowe Voume 9 (1896) 1 exemplars
Uncle Tom's Cabin and The Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe (Halcyon Classics) (2010) 1 exemplars
Stowe, Harriet Beecher Archive 1 exemplars
Uncle Tom's Cabin 1 exemplars
Religious studies : sketches and poems 1 exemplars
DRED / Stowe, Harriet Beecher. 2 1 exemplars
Uncle Tom's Cabin - Vol. I 1 exemplars
Oldtown Folks (Mint Editions (Women Writers)) 1 exemplars
Our Famous Women: Comprising the Lives and Deeds of American Women Who Have Distinguished Themselves 1 exemplars
Pink And White Tyranny 1 exemplars
Uncle Tom's Cabin, Vol. I 1 exemplars
De slavernij 1 exemplars
The Writings of Harriet Beecher Stowe - Riverside Edition - Volume VI: The Pearl of Orr's Island (one volume) (1896) 1 exemplars
The Writings of Harriet Beecher Stowe - Riverside Edition - Volume XVI: Stories and Sketches for the Young 1 exemplars
Uncle Tom’s Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly. Illustrated Edition. Complete in One Volume 1 exemplars
House And Home Papers 1 exemplars
The minister's wedding 1 exemplars
Dred Scott 1 exemplars
Poganuc People 1 exemplars
Household Papers And Stories 1 exemplars
My Wife And I 1 exemplars
Mayflower And Miscellaneous Writings, The 1 exemplars
Obres associades
The Heath Anthology of American Literature, Volume 1 (1990) — Col·laborador, algunes edicions — 255 exemplars
The Lincoln Anthology: Great Writers on His Life and Legacy from 1860 to Now (2008) — Col·laborador — 153 exemplars
The Penguin Book of Ghost Stories: From Elizabeth Gaskell to Ambrose Bierce (2010) — Col·laborador — 144 exemplars
Novel History: Historians and Novelists Confront America's Past and Each Other (2001) — Col·laborador — 132 exemplars
American Antislavery Writings: Colonial Beginnings to Emancipation (2012) — Col·laborador — 122 exemplars
Twelve Years a Slave / Life of Frederick Douglass / Uncle Tom's Cabin / Life of Josiah Henson / Incidents in the Life… (2014) — Col·laborador — 58 exemplars
The Signet Classic Book of Contemporary American Short Stories (1985) — Col·laborador — 42 exemplars
The Lifted Veil: The Book of Fantastic Literature by Women 1800-World War II (1806) — Col·laborador — 42 exemplars
More Deadly than the Male: Masterpieces from the Queens of Horror (2019) — Col·laborador — 29 exemplars
Weird Women: Volume 2: 1840-1925: Classic Supernatural Fiction by Groundbreaking Female Writers (2) (2021) — Col·laborador — 26 exemplars
American Literature: The Makers and the Making (In Two Volumes) (1973) — Col·laborador, algunes edicions — 25 exemplars
Haunted Women: The Best Supernatural Tales by American Women Writers (1985) — Col·laborador — 15 exemplars
Truth Stranger than Fiction: Father Henson's Story of His Own Life (1876) — Introducció; Pròleg, algunes edicions — 15 exemplars
The Banned Books Compendium: 32 Classic Forbidden Books — Col·laborador — 9 exemplars
Slave Narrative (Six Pack 1)- Uncle Tom's Cabin, Twelve Years A Slave, Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation,… (2015) — Col·laborador — 7 exemplars
Representative American Short Stories — Col·laborador — 5 exemplars
The Second Christmas Megapack: 29 Modern and Classic Christmas Stories (2012) — Col·laborador — 3 exemplars
Into the Mouths of Babes: An Anthology of Children's Abolitionist Literature (2005) — Col·laborador — 2 exemplars
ESSENTIAL COLLECTION OF CLASSIC BANNED BOOKS: Adam Bede, Fanny Hill, Candide, The Hunchback Of Notre Dame, The… — Col·laborador — 2 exemplars
Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Nom oficial
- Beecher, Harriet Elizabeth
- Altres noms
- Crowfield, Christopher
- Data de naixement
- 1811-06-14
- Data de defunció
- 1896-07-01
- Lloc d'enterrament
- Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts, USA
- Gènere
- female
- Nacionalitat
- USA
- País (per posar en el mapa)
- USA
- Lloc de naixement
- Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
- Lloc de defunció
- Hartford, Connecticut, USA
- Causa de la mort
- Modern researchers now speculate that at the end of her life she was suffering from Alzheimer's disease
- Llocs de residència
- Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA - Educació
- Hartford Female Seminary, Connecticut, USA
- Professions
- teacher
short story writer
abolitionist
novelist - Relacions
- Beecher, Lyman (father)
Beecher, Henry Ward (brother)
Beecher, Charles (brother)
Beecher, Edward (brother)
Hooker, Isabella Beecher (sister)
Beecher, Catharine Esther (sister) (mostra-les totes 9)
Perkins, Frederic B. (nephew)
Gilman, Charlotte Perkins (grand-niece)
Stowe, Charles Edward (son) - Premis i honors
- The Hall of Fame for Great Americans (1910)
- Biografia breu
- Harriet Beecher of the remarkable Beecher clan attended the school for girls run by her sister Catharine. In 1836, she married Calvin Ellis Stowe, a professor of Biblical literature. To help support her growing family (she had 7 children), Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote short stories and ran a small school in her home. She was catapulted to fame and helped turn millions of people away from slavery with the publication of her instant bestseller Uncle Tom's Cabin in 1851. Upon meeting her in 1862, President Abraham Lincoln is alleged to have said, "So you're the little woman who wrote the book that started this great war!"Harriet Elisabeth Beecher Stowe (June 14, 1811 – July 1, 1896) was an American abolitionist and author. She came from the Beecher family, a famous religious family, and is best known for her novel Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852), which depicts the harsh conditions for enslaved African Americans. The book reached millions as a novel and play, and became influential in the United States and Great Britain, energizing anti-slavery forces in the American North, while provoking widespread anger in the South. Stowe wrote 30 books, including novels, three travel memoirs, and collections of articles and letters. She was influential for both her writings and her public stances and debates on social issues of the day.
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Estadístiques
- Obres
- 220
- També de
- 45
- Membres
- 19,554
- Popularitat
- #1,117
- Valoració
- 3.8
- Ressenyes
- 207
- ISBN
- 1,212
- Llengües
- 24
- Preferit
- 10