A Review - Uncle Tom’s Cabin, a novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe

I just did the math, and it was one hundred and sixty-one years ago that this book was written.   My question is, to my self and to those who have read this book, do you think it stood the test of time?  There is more to this book than just a storyline of a man’s life, a man by the name of Uncle Tom.  

There are many characters to see, all from their own point of view.  The Narrator will take you to different parts of the southern and northern states, and into Canada; she will show you how life was then.  This story is all based on hard, cold, facts.

The writing is exemplary.  How magnificently Stowe takes you through this story with force, with gentleness, with sympathy, with religious fervor, all emanating from a full heart.  I cried while reading this story.  And if you are open to all of this, you’ll find something that demands to dwell within your own heart. 

The United States was founded upon the Christian’s moral belief system, and to fully understand what that meant then, and what it means today, and how it was a major subject of influence pertaining to slavery, this is a book that should be read by everyone today.

What I consider complex lines of sentences and dialogue were written in a period of time that none of us witnessed; unrest for all people of the United States.  But, even in today’s age, we can still see the results of this unrest.

Slavery wasn’t a popular subject to talk about, let alone write about, but Stowe’s ability to write this story in detail, I consider more than brave. [From the Introduction]........“Her ear for dialect and her eye for detail, her masterful handling of suspense and pathos, and her sympathetic embrace of all the nations’ regions.”, this all stood out to me as I read every word.   

Stowe doesn’t cut anyone slack as she writes her truths.  In this, she gives us a story that has endured, and continues to endure, with each character crying out to stand alone in our souls.